Flow Index accurately identifies breaths with low or high inspiratory effort during pressure support ventilation

Critical Care

Maria Elena Franceschetti¹  Alessia Giovannini¹  Antonio Rosano¹  Federica Fusina¹  Giuseppe Natalini¹  Filippo Albani¹  Valeria Lippolis²  Luigi Pisani³  Gianni Ciabatti⁴  Salvatore Grasso⁵  Francesco Murgolo⁵  Rossella di Mussi⁵ 

[1] Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Fondazione Poliambulanza, Brescia, Italy;Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Mater Dei Hospital, Bari, Italy;Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Miulli Regional Hospital, Acquaviva Delle Fonti, Bari, Italy;Mahidol Oxford Clinical Research Unit (MORU), Bangkok, Thailand;Department of Anesthesiology, Neurointensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy;Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy;

关键词: Artificial respiration;    Positive-pressure respiration;    Intensive care units;    Patient-ventilator interaction;    Inspiratory effort;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13054-021-03855-4

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundFlow Index, a numerical expression of the shape of the inspiratory flow-time waveform recorded during pressure support ventilation, is associated with patient inspiratory effort. The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of Flow Index in detecting high or low inspiratory effort during pressure support ventilation and to establish cutoff values for the Flow index to identify these conditions. The secondary aim was to compare the performance of Flow index,of breathing pattern parameters and of airway occlusion pressure (P0.1) in detecting high or low inspiratory effort during pressure support ventilation.MethodsData from 24 subjects was included in the analysis, accounting for a total of 702 breaths. Breaths with high inspiratory effort were defined by a pressure developed by inspiratory muscles (Pmusc) greater than 10 cmH2O while breaths with low inspiratory effort were defined by a Pmusc lower than 5 cmH2O. The areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves of Flow Index and respiratory rate, tidal volume,respiratory rate over tidal volume and P0.1 were analyzed and compared to identify breaths with low or high inspiratory effort.ResultsPmusc, P0.1, Pressure Time Product and Flow Index differed between breaths with high, low and intermediate inspiratory effort, while RR, RR/VT and VT/kg of IBW did not differ in a statistically significant way. A Flow index higher than 4.5 identified breaths with high inspiratory effort [AUC 0.89 (CI 95% 0.85–0.93)], a Flow Index lower than 2.6 identified breaths with low inspiratory effort [AUC 0.80 (CI 95% 0.76–0.83)].ConclusionsFlow Index is accurate in detecting high and low spontaneous inspiratory effort during pressure support ventilation.

【 授权许可】

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