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- - The study aimed to evaluate whether the open lung approach (OLA) would enhance lung aeration and mechanics in patients with early, mild acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), without harming their cardiovascular health.
- - Fifteen patients were assessed before and after applying OLA, which involved a recruitment maneuver and adjusting pressure settings; results showed significant increases in oxygen levels and improvements in lung function.
- - The findings indicate that OLA effectively lowers driving pressure and boosts both oxygenation and lung mechanics in early ARDS, with electrical impedance tomography (EIT) proving valuable in monitoring changes in lung ventilation distribution.
Article Abstract
Background: To test the hypothesis that in early, mild, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients with diffuse loss of aeration, the application of the open lung approach (OLA) would improve homogeneity in lung aeration and lung mechanics, without affecting hemodynamics.
Methods: Patients were ventilated according to the ARDS Network protocol at baseline (pre-OLA). OLA consisted in a recruitment maneuver followed by a decremental positive end-expiratory pressure trial. Respiratory mechanics, gas exchange, electrical impedance tomography (EIT), cardiac index, and stroke volume variation were measured at baseline and 20 min after OLA implementation (post-OLA). Esophageal pressure was used for lung and chest wall elastance partitioning. The tomographic lung image obtained at the fifth intercostal space by EIT was divided in two ventral and two dorsal regions of interest (ROIventral and ROIDorsal).
Results: Fifteen consecutive patients were studied. The OLA increased arterial oxygen partial pressure/inspired oxygen fraction from 216 ± 13 to 311 ± 19 mmHg (P < 0.001) and decreased elastance of the respiratory system from 29.4 ± 3 cm H2O/l to 23.6 ± 1.7 cm H2O/l (P < 0.01). The driving pressure (airway opening plateau pressure - total positive end-expiratory pressure) decreased from 17.9 ± 1.5 cm H2O pre-OLA to 15.4 ± 2.1 post-OLA (P < 0.05). The tidal volume fraction reaching the dorsal ROIs increased, and consequently the ROIVentral/Dorsal impedance tidal variation decreased from 2.01 ± 0.36 to 1.19 ± 0.1 (P < 0.01).
Conclusions: The OLA decreases the driving pressure and improves the oxygenation and lung mechanics in patients with early, mild, diffuse ARDS. EIT is useful to assess the impact of OLA on regional tidal volume distribution.
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