Anaesthesia and intensive care
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Anaesth Intensive Care · Nov 2012
A pilot study of short-term high-pressure support ventilation in persistent sudden-onset rapid breathing.
Sudden-onset rapid breathing commonly occurs in previously calm, invasively-ventilated patients. In most cases it can be resolved easily by traditional management techniques, but other cases can be very challenging. We enrolled 40 patients who failed traditional interventions and performed short-term high-pressure support ventilation (HPSV). ⋯ The age and Glasgow Coma Scale also had high predicted ability (both with areas under the curve of ≥0.8). In conclusion, short-term HPSV relieved persistent sudden-onset rapid breathing. However, it was not effective in the relatively young and conscious patients with relatively high support pressure, peak pressure, minute ventilation and heart rate.