• Rollin Roldán, Fernando Barriga, Renán Villamonte, Franco Romaní, Mauro Tucci, Arturo Gonzales, Paolo Wong, Jorge Zagaceta, and Laurent Brochard.
• Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad de Piura, Lima, Perú. Drs Roldán, Barriga, and Villamonte are affiliated with the Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Rebagliati, Lima, Perú. rollinroldan@yahoo.es.
• Respir Care. 2023 Nov 25; 68 (12): 168316921683-1692.

BackgroundIn ARDS caused by COVID-19 pneumonia, appropriate adjustment of physiologic parameters based on lung stretch or oxygenation may optimize the ventilatory strategy. This study aims to describe the prognostic performance on 60-d mortality of single and composite respiratory variables in subjects with COVID-19 ARDS who are on mechanical ventilation with a lung-protective strategy, including the oxygenation stretch index combining oxygenation and driving pressure (ΔP).MethodsThis single-center observational cohort study enrolled 166 subjects on mechanical ventilation and diagnosed with COVID-19 ARDS. We evaluated their clinical and physiologic characteristics. The primary study outcome was 60-d mortality. Prognostic factors were evaluated through receiver operating characteristic analysis, Cox proportional hazards regression model, and Kaplan-Meier survival curves.ResultsMortality at day 60 was 18.1%, and hospital mortality was 22.9%. Oxygenation, ΔP, and composite variables were tested: oxygenation stretch index ([Formula: see text]/[Formula: see text] divided by ΔP) and ΔP × 4 + breathing frequency (f) (ΔP × 4 + f). At both day 1 and day 2 after inclusion, the oxygenation stretch index had the best area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (oxygenation stretch index on day 1 0.76 (95% CI 0.67-0.84) and on day 2 0.83 (95% CI 0.76-0.91) to predict 60-d mortality, although without significant difference from other indexes. In multivariable Cox regression, ΔP, [Formula: see text]/[Formula: see text], ΔP × 4 + f, and oxygenation stretch index were all associated with 60-d mortality. When dichotomizing the variables, ΔP ≥ 14, [Formula: see text]/[Formula: see text] ≤ 152 mm Hg, ΔP × 4 + f ≥ 80, and oxygenation stretch index < 7.7 showed lower 60-d survival probability. At day 2, after optimization of ventilatory settings, the subjects who persisted with the worse cutoff values for the oxygenation stretch index showed a lower probability of survival at 60 d compared with day 1; this was not the case for other parameters.ConclusionsThe oxygenation stretch index, which combines [Formula: see text]/[Formula: see text] and ΔP, is associated with mortality and may be useful to predict clinical outcomes in COVID-19 ARDS.Copyright © 2023 by Daedalus Enterprises.

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