• Resp Care · Oct 2011

    Aerosol delivery and humidification with the Boussignac continuous positive airway pressure device.

    • Arnaud W Thille, Jean-François Bertholon, Marie-Hélène Becquemin, Monique Roy, Aissam Lyazidi, François Lellouche, Esther Pertusini, Georges Boussignac, Bernard Maître, and Laurent Brochard.
    • Medical Intensive Care Unit, Assistance Publique- Hôpitaux de Paris, Henri Mondor Hospital, University of Paris Est, Créteil, France. arnaud.thille@hmm.aphp.fr
    • Resp Care. 2011 Oct 1;56(10):1526-32.

    BackgroundA simple method for effective bronchodilator aerosol delivery while administering continuing continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) would be useful in patients with severe bronchial obstruction.ObjectiveTo assess the effectiveness of bronchodilator aerosol delivery during CPAP generated by the Boussignac CPAP system and its optimal humidification system.MethodsFirst we assessed the relationship between flow and pressure generated in the mask with the Boussignac CPAP system. Next we measured the inspired-gas humidity during CPAP, with several humidification strategies, in 9 healthy volunteers. We then measured the bronchodilator aerosol particle size during CPAP, with and without heat-and-moisture exchanger, in a bench study. Finally, in 7 patients with acute respiratory failure and airway obstruction, we measured work of breathing and gas exchange after a β(2)-agonist bronchodilator aerosol (terbutaline) delivered during CPAP or via standard nebulization.ResultsOptimal humidity was obtained only with the heat-and-moisture exchanger or heated humidifier. The heat-and-moisture exchanger had no influence on bronchodilator aerosol particle size. Work of breathing decreased similarly after bronchodilator via either standard nebulization or CPAP, but P(aO(2)) increased significantly only after CPAP aerosol delivery.ConclusionsCPAP bronchodilator delivery decreases the work of breathing as effectively as does standard nebulization, but produces a greater oxygenation improvement in patients with airway obstruction. To optimize airway humidification, a heat-and-moisture exchanger could be used with the Boussignac CPAP system, without modifying aerosol delivery.

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