• Sao Paulo Med J · May 2017

    Case Reports

    Pendelluft diagnosed from ventilator weaning indexes obtained through bioelectrical impedance tomography: a case report.

    • Fabiana Aparecida Lopes, Lidiane Andrade Monteiro de Souza, Juliana Tavares Neves Bernardi, Carlos Eduardo Rocha, Luciana Castilho de Figueiredo, Ana Paula Ragonete Dos Anjos Agostini, Desanka Dragosavac, and Daniela Cristina Dos Santos Faez.
    • BSc. Physiotherapist at the Adult Intensive Care Unit, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas (SP), Brazil.
    • Sao Paulo Med J. 2017 May 1; 135 (3): 302308302-308.

    Context:Today, through major technological advances in diagnostic resources within medicine, evaluation and monitoring of clinical parameters at the patient's bedside in intensive care units (ICUs) has become possible.Case Report:This case report presents results and interpretations from predictive mechanical ventilation weaning indexes obtained through monitoring using chest electrical bioimpedance tomography. These indexes included maximum inspiratory pressure, maximum expiratory pressure, shallow breathing index and spontaneous breathing test. These were correlated with variations in tidal volume variables, respiratory rate, mean arterial pressure and peripheral oxygen saturation. Regarding the air distribution behavior in the pulmonary parenchyma, the patient showed the pendelluft phenomenon. Pendelluft occurs due to the time constant (product of the airways resistance and compliance) asymmetry between adjacent lung.Conclusion:Bioelectrical impedance tomography can help in weaning from mechanical ventilation, as in the case presented here. Pendelluft was defined as a limitation during the weaning tests.

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