• Intensive care medicine · Jan 2007

    Remifentanil-based sedation to treat noninvasive ventilation failure: a preliminary study.

    • Jean-Michel Constantin, Eric Schneider, Sophie Cayot-Constantin, Renaud Guerin, Francois Bannier, Emmanuel Futier, and Jean-Etienne Bazin.
    • CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Service de Reanimation Adulte, Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, 63058, Clermont-Ferrand, France. jmconstantin@chu-clermontferrand.fr
    • Intensive Care Med. 2007 Jan 1;33(1):82-7.

    ObjectiveTo assess the feasibility and safety of remifentanil-based sedation during noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in patients with NIV failure.Design And SettingProspective clinical investigation in a 16-bed intensive care unit of a university hospital in France.PatientsThirteen patients in NIV failure due to discomfort and/or refusal to continue this ventilatory support: 10 with acute respiratory failure and 3 with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure.InterventionPatients were administered methylene blue and were sedated (Ramsay scale 2-3) by a continuous perfusion of remifentanil during NIV. Cardiorespiratory and ventilatory parameters, blood gas analysis, and adverse events were prospectively recorded.Measurements And ResultsThe 13 patients received a total of 125 NIV sessions, totaling 1200 h, of NIV under remifentanil-based sedation (mean remifentanil dose 0.1+/-0.03 microg/kg per minute). Three patients also required propofol. PaO2/FIO2 ratio increased from 134+/-69 to 187+/-43 mmHg after 1 h. In patients with acute respiratory failure respiratory rate decreased from 34+/-12 per minute before remifentanil to 25+/-4 per minute after 1h. In the three patients with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure PaCO2 decreased from 69+/-7 to 42+/-5 mmHg. Four patients required endotracheal intubation without aspiration pneumonia. Twelve of the 13 patients left the ICU.ConclusionThis pilot study shows that remifentanil-based sedation is safe and effective in the treatment of NIV failure due to low tolerance.

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