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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-8-24
pubmed:abstractText
After tracheal extubation, upper and total airway resistances may frequently be increased resulting in an increase in inspiratory effort to breathe. We tested whether breathing a helium-oxygen mixture (HeO(2)) would reduce inspiratory effort in the period after extubation. Eighteen consecutive patients with no chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who had received mechanical ventilation (> 48 h) were successively studied immediately after extubation (N(2)O(2)), 15 min after breathing HeO(2), and after return to N(2)O(2). Effort to breathe, assessed by the transdiaphragmatic pressure swings (DeltaPdi) and the pressure-time index of the diaphragm (PTI), comfort, and gas exchange, were the main end points. The mean reduction of the transdiaphragmatic pressure under HeO(2) was 19 +/- 5%. All but three patients presented a decrease in transdiaphragmatic pressure under HeO(2), ranging from - 4 to - 55%, and a significant reduction in DeltaPdi was observed between HeO(2) and N(2)O(2) (10.2 +/- 0.7 versus 8.6 +/- 1.1 versus 10.0 +/- 0.8 cm H(2)O for the three consecutive periods; p < 0.05). PTI also differed significantly between HeO(2) and N(2)O(2) (197 +/- 19 versus 166 +/- 22 versus 201 +/- 23 cm H(2)O/s/min for the three periods; p < 0.05). Breathing HeO(2) significantly improved comfort, whereas gas exchange was not modified. We conclude that the use of HeO(2) in the immediate postextubation period decreases inspiratory effort and improves comfort.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1073-449X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
164
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
633-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11520728-Administration, Inhalation, pubmed-meshheading:11520728-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:11520728-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11520728-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11520728-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:11520728-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:11520728-Blood Gas Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:11520728-Diaphragm, pubmed-meshheading:11520728-Drug Therapy, Combination, pubmed-meshheading:11520728-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11520728-Helium, pubmed-meshheading:11520728-Hemodynamics, pubmed-meshheading:11520728-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11520728-Inspiratory Capacity, pubmed-meshheading:11520728-Intubation, Intratracheal, pubmed-meshheading:11520728-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11520728-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11520728-Oxygen Inhalation Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:11520728-Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:11520728-Pulmonary Gas Exchange, pubmed-meshheading:11520728-Respiratory Insufficiency, pubmed-meshheading:11520728-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11520728-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:11520728-Ventilator Weaning, pubmed-meshheading:11520728-Work of Breathing
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Helium-oxygen in the postextubation period decreases inspiratory effort.
pubmed:affiliation
Service de Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Henri Mondor, AP-HP, Université Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Controlled Clinical Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't