Articles: respiratory-distress-syndrome.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Advantages of dextran 70 over Ringer acetate solution in shock treatment and in prevention of adult respiratory distress syndrome. A randomized study in man after traumatic-haemorrhagic shock.
Twenty-three patients aged 20-58 years in a serious state of shock and suffering from major pelvic and femoral fractures sustained in traffic accidents were studied. As initial fluid management, either dextran 70 (1000-1500 ml) together with Ringer's acetate solution (2000-3000 ml), or Ringer's acetate alone (5000-8000 ml), was administered on a random basis. Thus, 12 patients received dextran and 11 patients crystalloid treatment to counteract shock. ⋯ To maintain a stable circulation and a urinary output above 50 ml/h the Ringer patients required significantly more (P less than 0.001) crystalloid solution (910 +/- 300 ml) daily than the dextran patients (460 +/- 400 ml). The frequency of adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) was significantly lower (P less than 0.05) in the dextran group (0 of 12) than in the Ringer group (4 of 11). Thus, in the initial treatment of traumatic-haemorrhagic shock and in the post-resuscitative period dextran 70 would seem of advantage over Ringer's acetate both in shortening the shock period and in reducing the frequency of adult respiratory distress syndrome.
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The clinical course of 33 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) was monitored by noninvasive oxygen derived variables and compared to data obtained by invasive monitoring. A total of 350 data points were used to compare the physiologic shunt fraction (Qsp/Qt) with the ratio of arterial oxygen to inspired oxygen concentration (PaO2/FIO2), the alveolar-arterial oxygen pressure difference [P(A-a)O2], the respiratory index (RI)-[P(A-a)O2/PaO2], and the ratio of arterial oxygen to alveolar oxygen (a/A). The PaO2/FIO2 ratio, the RI and the aA ratio correlated well with Qsp/Qt (r = 0.87 to 0.94). ⋯ Changes in the cardiac index (CI) and the arteriovenous oxygen content difference C(a-v)O2 had only a minimal effect on the correlation of the oxygen derived variables with Qsp/Qt, although a higher correlation resulted when these extrapulmonary factors were within normal range. We conclude that a number of oxygen derived variables may accurately reflect the degree of Qsp/Qt. The PaO2/FIO2 ratio is the easiest of these variables to calculate, yet accurately predicts the degree of Qsp/Qt throughout a course of acute respiratory failure.
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Critical care medicine · Aug 1983
Static pressure-volume curves and effect of positive end-expiratory pressure on gas exchange in adult respiratory distress syndrome.
Fifteen patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) were studied: 11 in the early stage of ARDS (group 1); 4 in the late stage (group 2). The inspiratory and expiratory static pressure-volume (P-V) curves of the respiratory system were compared to the pulmonary shunt (Qsp/Qt) when PEEP was increased; cardiac output was kept constant. ⋯ Expiratory P-V curve can be used to determine: first, whether a patient should be ventilated with PEEP; second, the PEEP level which can be set on the respirator. In group 1 patients, when PEEP was set to a value corresponding to the inflexion point, i.e., the point of departure from the exponential shape (mean value 14.6 +/- 2.8 cm H2O), Qsp/Qt compared to zero PEEP was abruptly decreased to 87.6 +/- 6%; further increase in PEEP had little advantage.
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Among the different etiologies of noncardiogenic acute pulmonary edema is found the administration or ingestion of various substances. We have studied two patients with ARDS secondary to the ingestion of toxic oil. ⋯ The two cases also showed a pulmonary compliance either normal or slightly diminished. With the aid of artificial ventilation, they evolved favorably, gaseous exchange and chest x-ray films returning to normal 16 and 22 days after admission.