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  • Ventilation distribution and lung recruitment with speaking valve use in tracheostomised patient weaning from mechanical ventilation in intensive care

    Author(s)
    Sutt, Anna-Liisa
    Anstey, Chris M
    Caruana, Lawrence R
    Cornwell, Petrea L
    Fraser, John F
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Cornwell, Petrea
    Fraser, John F.
    Anstey, Chris
    Year published
    2017
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    Abstract
    Purpose: Speaking valves (SV) are used infrequently in tracheostomised ICU patients due to concerns regarding their putative effect on lung recruitment. A recent study in cardio-thoracic population demonstrated increased end-expiratory lung volumes during and post SV use without examining if the increase in end-expiratory lung impedance (EELI) resulted in alveolar recruitment or potential hyperinflation in discrete loci. Materials and methods: A secondary analysis of Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) data from a previous study was conducted. EELI distribution and tidal variation (TV) were assessed with a previously ...
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    Purpose: Speaking valves (SV) are used infrequently in tracheostomised ICU patients due to concerns regarding their putative effect on lung recruitment. A recent study in cardio-thoracic population demonstrated increased end-expiratory lung volumes during and post SV use without examining if the increase in end-expiratory lung impedance (EELI) resulted in alveolar recruitment or potential hyperinflation in discrete loci. Materials and methods: A secondary analysis of Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) data from a previous study was conducted. EELI distribution and tidal variation (TV) were assessed with a previously validated tool. A new tool was used to investigate ventilated surface area (VSA) and regional ventilation delay (RVD) as indicators of alveolar recruitment. Results: The increase in EELI was found to be uniform with significant increase across all lung sections (p < 0.001). TV showed an initial non-significant decrease (p = 0.94) with subsequent increase significantly above baseline (p < 0.001). VSA and RVD showed non-significant changes during and post SV use. Conclusions: These findings indicate that hyperinflation did not occur with SV use, which is supported by previously published data on respiratory parameters. These data along with obvious psychological benefits to patients are encouraging towards safe use of SVs in this critically ill cardio-thoracic patient population.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Critical Care
    Volume
    40
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2017.04.001
    Subject
    Clinical sciences
    Physiotherapy
    Nursing
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/348631
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