• Critical care medicine · Apr 2022

    Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study

    Use of Airway Pressure Release Ventilation in Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure Due to Coronavirus Disease 2019: Results of a Single-Center Randomized Controlled Trial.

    • Miguel Á Ibarra-Estrada, Yessica García-Salas, Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, José A López-Pulgarín, Quetzalcóatl Chávez-Peña, Roxana García-Salcido, Julio C Mijangos-Méndez, and Guadalupe Aguirre-Avalos.
    • Department of Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Civil Fray Antonio Alcalde, Guadalajara, México.
    • Crit. Care Med. 2022 Apr 1; 50 (4): 586594586-594.

    ObjectivesAirway pressure release ventilation is a ventilatory mode characterized by a mandatory inverse inspiratory:expiratory ratio with a very short expiratory phase, aimed to avoid derecruitment and allow spontaneous breathing. Recent basic and clinical evidence suggests that this mode could be associated with improved outcomes in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. The aim of this study was to compare the outcomes between airway pressure release ventilation and traditional ventilation targeting low tidal volume, in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019.DesignSingle-center randomized controlled trial.SettingICU of a Mexican referral center dedicated to care of patients with confirmed diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019.PatientsNinety adult intubated patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome associated with severe coronavirus disease 2019.InterventionsWithin 48 hours after intubation, patients were randomized to either receive ventilatory management with airway pressure release ventilation or continue low tidal volume ventilation.Measurements And Main ResultsForty-five patients in airway pressure release ventilation group and 45 in the low tidal volume group were included. Ventilator-free days were 3.7 (0-15) and 5.2 (0-19) in the airway pressure release ventilation and low tidal volume groups, respectively (p = 0.28). During the first 7 days, patients in airway pressure release ventilation had a higher Pao2/Fio2 (mean difference, 26 [95%CI, 13-38]; p < 0.001) and static compliance (mean difference, 3.7 mL/cm H2O [95% CI, 0.2-7.2]; p = 0.03), higher mean airway pressure (mean difference, 3.1 cm H2O [95% CI, 2.1-4.1]; p < 0.001), and higher tidal volume (mean difference, 0.76 mL/kg/predicted body weight [95% CI, 0.5-1.0]; p < 0.001). More patients in airway pressure release ventilation had transient severe hypercapnia, defined as an elevation of Pco2 at greater than or equal to 55 along with a pH less than 7.15 (42% vs 15%; p = 0.009); other outcomes were similar. Overall mortality was 69%, with no difference between the groups (78% in airway pressure release ventilation vs 60% in low tidal volume; p = 0.07).ConclusionsIn conclusion, when compared with low tidal volume, airway pressure release ventilation was not associated with more ventilator-free days or improvement in other relevant outcomes in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019.Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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