Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
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Technol Health Care · Dec 1996
Validation and clinical application of a continuous P0.1 measurement using standard respiratory equipment.
The airway occlusion pressure, P0.1, is the negative airway pressure generated during the first 100 msec of an occluded inspiration. P0.1 is a parameter for the neuro-muscular activation of the respiratory system, which is an important determinant for the work of breathing. It has been shown to be a good predictor for successful weaning from mechanical ventilation. ⋯ This correlation was significant (r = 0.99, p < 0.01). From these data we conclude that the described method for continuous P0.1 measurement provides reliable values with the advantage of a maneuver-free, breath-by-breath measurement technique. It thereby opens the possibility for monitoring the neuro-muscular activation of the respiratory system at the bedside, which is shown as an example for a patient during weaning from mechanical ventilation.