Awake prone position in COVID-19 acute respiratory failure: a randomised crossover study using electrical impedance tomography

Autor: Thomas Brunelle, Eloi Prud'homme, Jean-Emmanuel Alphonsine, Karine Baumstarck, Celine Sanz, Saida Salmi, Noemie Peres, Jean-Marie Forel, Laurent Papazian, Sami Hraiech, Antoine Roch, Christophe Guervilly
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: ERJ Open Research, Vol 9, Iss 2 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2312-0541
23120541
DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00509-2022
Popis: Background The goal of this study was to determine whether an awake prone position (aPP) reduces the global inhomogeneity (GI) index of ventilation measured by electrical impedance tomography (EIT) in COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF). Methods This prospective crossover study included COVID-19 patients with COVID-19 and ARF defined by arterial oxygen tension:inspiratory oxygen fraction (PaO2:FIO2) of 100–300 mmHg. After baseline evaluation and 30-min EIT recording in the supine position (SP), patients were randomised into one of two sequences: SP-aPP or aPP-SP. At the end of each 2-h step, oxygenation, respiratory rate, Borg scale and 30-min EIT were recorded. Results 10 patients were randomised in each group. The GI index did not change in the SP-aPP group (baseline 74±20%, end of SP 78±23% and end of aPP 72±20%, p=0.85) or in the aPP-SP group (baseline 59±14%, end of aPP 59±15% and end of SP 54±13%, p=0.67). In the whole cohort, PaO2:FIO2 increased from 133±44 mmHg at baseline to 183±66 mmHg in aPP (p=0.003) and decreased to 129±49 mmHg in SP (p=0.03). Conclusion In spontaneously breathing nonintubated COVID-19 patients with ARF, aPP was not associated with a decrease of lung ventilation inhomogeneity assessed by EIT, despite an improvement in oxygenation.
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