Lung Aeration Estimated by Chest Electrical Impedance Tomography and Lung Ultrasound During Extubation

Overview

Journal Ann Intensive Care

Specialty Critical Care

Date 2023 Sep 26

PMID 37752365

Authors

Vincent Joussellin

Vincent Bonny

Savino Spadaro

Sebastien Clerc

Melodie Parfait

Martina Ferioli

Antonin Sieye

Yorschua Jalil

Vincent Janiak

Andrea Pinna

Martin Dres

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Abstract

Background: This study hypothesized that patients with extubation failure exhibit a loss of lung aeration and heterogeneity in air distribution, which could be monitored by chest EIT and lung ultrasound. Patients at risk of extubation failure were included after a successful spontaneous breathing trial. Lung ultrasound [with calculation of lung ultrasound score (LUS)] and chest EIT [with calculation of the global inhomogeneity index, frontback center of ventilation (CoV), regional ventilation delay (RVD) and surface available for ventilation] were performed before extubation during pressure support ventilation (H0) and two hours after extubation during spontaneous breathing (H2). EIT was then repeated 6 h (H6) after extubation. EIT derived indices and LUS were compared between patients successfully extubated and patients with extubation failure.

Results: 40 patients were included, of whom 12 (30%) failed extubation. Before extubation, when compared with patients with successful extubation, patients who failed extubation had a higher LUS (19 vs 10, p = 0.003) and a smaller surface available for ventilation (352 vs 406 pixels, p = 0.042). After extubation, GI index and LUS were higher in the extubation failure group, whereas the surface available for ventilation was lower. The RVD and the CoV were not different between groups.

Conclusion: Before extubation, a loss of lung aeration was observed in patients who developed extubation failure afterwards. After extubation, this loss of lung aeration persisted and was associated with regional lung ventilation heterogeneity. Trial registration Clinical trials, NCT04180410, Registered 27 November 2019-prospectively registered, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04180410 .

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