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BMC Anesthesiol ; 22(1): 387, 2022 12 13.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36513978

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BACKGROUND: We hypothesized that the measured expiratory time constant (TauE) could be a bedside parameter for the evaluation of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) settings in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients during pressure-controlled ventilation (PCV). METHODS: A prospective study was conducted including consecutively admitted adults (n = 16) with COVID-19-related ARDS requiring mechanical ventilation. A PEEP titration using PCV with a fixed driving pressure of 14 cmH2O was performed and TauE recorded at each PEEP level (0 to 18 cmH2O) in prone (n = 29) or supine (n = 24) positions. The PEEP setting with the highest TauE (TauEMAX) was considered to represent the best tradeoff between recruitment and overdistention. RESULTS: Two groups of patterns were observed in the TauE plots: recruitable (R) (75%) and nonrecruitable (NR) (25%). In the R group, the optimal PEEP and PEEP ranges were 8 ± 3 cmH2O and 6-10 cmH2O for the prone position and 9 ± 3 cmH2O and 7-12 cmH2O for the supine position. In the NR group, the optimal PEEP and PEEP ranges were 4 ± 4 cmH2O and 1-8 cmH2O for the prone position and 5 ± 3 cmH2O and 1-7 cmH2O for the supine position, respectively. The R group showed significantly higher optimal PEEP (p < 0.004) and PEEP ranges (p < 0.001) than the NR group. Forty-five percent of measurements resulted in the most optimal PEEP being significantly different between the positions (p < 0.01). Moderate positive correlation has been found between TauE vs CRS at all PEEP levels (r2 = 0.43, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: TauE may be a novel method to assess PEEP levels. There was wide variation in patient responses to PEEP, which indicates the need for personalized evaluation.


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COVID-19 , Síndrome do Desconforto Respiratório , Adulto , Humanos , Respiração com Pressão Positiva/métodos , Respiração Artificial/métodos , Síndrome do Desconforto Respiratório/terapia , Estudos Prospectivos , Estudos de Viabilidade , COVID-19/terapia
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J Clin Monit Comput ; 34(5): 1043-1049, 2020 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31673945

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NIV therapy is used to provide positive pressure ventilation for patients. There are protocols describing what ventilator settings to use to initialize NIV; however, the guidelines for titrating ventilator settings are less specific. We developed an advisory system to recommend NIV ventilator setting titration and recorded respiratory therapist agreement rates at the bedside. We developed an algorithm (NIV advisor) to recommend when to change the non-invasive ventilator settings of IPAP, EPAP, and FiO2 based on patient respiratory parameters. The algorithm utilized a multi-target approach; oxygenation, ventilation, and patient effort. The NIV advisor recommended ventilator settings to move the patient's respiratory parameters in a preferred target range. We implemented a pilot study evaluating the usability of the NIV advisor on 10 patients receiving critical care with non-invasive ventilation (NIV). Respiratory therapists were asked their agreement on recommendations from the NIV advisor at the patient's bedside. Bedside respiratory therapists agreed with 91% of the ventilator setting recommendations from the NIV advisor. The POB and VT values were the respiratory parameters that were most often out of the preferred target range. The IPAP ventilator setting was the setting most often considered in need of changing by the NIV advisor. The respiratory therapists agreed with the majority of the recommendations from the NIV advisor. We consider the IPAP recommendations informative in providing the respiratory therapist assistance in targeting preferred POB and Vt values, as these values were frequently out of the target ranges. This pilot implementation was unable to produce the results required to determine the value of the EPAP recommendations. The FiO2 recommendations from the NIV advisor were treated as ancillary information behind the IPAP recommendations.


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Sistemas de Apoio a Decisões Clínicas , Ventilação não Invasiva , Insuficiência Respiratória , Humanos , Projetos Piloto , Ventiladores Mecânicos
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J Clin Monit Comput ; 34(5): 1035-1042, 2020 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31664660

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Patient-ventilator asynchrony is associated with intolerance to noninvasive ventilation (NIV) and worsened outcomes. Our goal was to develop a tool to determine a patient needs for  intervention by a practitioner due to the presence of patient-ventilator asynchrony. We postulated that a clinician can determine when a patient needs corrective intervention due to the perceived severity of patient-ventilator asynchrony. We hypothesized a new measure, patient breathing variability, would indicate when corrective intervention is suggested by a bedside practitioner due to the perceived severity of patient-ventilator asynchrony. With IRB approval data was collected on 78 NIV patients. A panel of experts reviewed retrospective data from a development set of 10 NIV patients to categorize them into one of the three categories. The three categories were; "No to mild asynchrony-no intervention needed", "moderate asynchrony-non-emergent corrective intervention required", and "severe asynchrony-immediate intervention required". A stepwise regression with a F-test forward selection criterion was used to develop a positive linear logic model predicting the expert panel's categorizations of the need for corrective intervention. The model was incorporated into a software tool for clinical implementation. The tool was implemented prospectively on 68 NIV patients simultaneous to a bedside practitioner scoring the need for corrective intervention due to the perceived severity of patient-ventilator asynchrony. The categories from the tool and the practitioner were compared with the rate of agreement, sensitivity, specificity, and receiver operator characteristic analyses. The rate of agreement in categorizing the suggested need for clinical intervention due to the perceived presence of patient-ventilator asynchrony between the tool and experienced bedside practitioners was 95% with a Kappa score of 0.85 (p < 0.001). Further analysis found a specificity of 84% and sensitivity of 99%. The tool appears to accurately match the suggested need for corrective intervention by a bedside practitioner. Application of the tool allows for continuous, real time, and non-invasive monitoring of patients receiving NIV, and may enable early corrective interventions to ameliorate potential patient-ventilator asynchrony.


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Ventilação não Invasiva , Humanos , Respiração , Respiração Artificial , Estudos Retrospectivos , Ventiladores Mecânicos
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Am J Perinatol ; 36(9): 924-929, 2019 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30414600

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate if fundal (F) dominance of the electrohysterogram is associated with vaginal delivery and lack of F dominance is associated with cesarean for labor dystocia. STUDY DESIGN: We conducted a prospective cohort study of nulliparous women in spontaneous labor at ≥36 weeks. Clinicians were blinded to electrohysterography data which were in addition to standard cardiotocography. All contractions in the hour preceding diagnosis of complete cervical dilation (for women delivering vaginally) or the hour preceding the decision for cesarean were analyzed. RESULTS: Of 224 patients, 167 had evaluable data. The proportion of F dominant contractions was not different for women undergoing cesarean for labor dystocia (n = 11) compared with all others (n = 156)-88.7 ± 10.2 versus 86.0 ± 11.4%; p = 0.44. Results were similar when comparing the cesarean for labor dystocia group to those undergoing cesarean for other indications (n = 10) and vaginal deliveries (n = 146)-88.7 ± 10.2 versus 86.5 ± 10.0 versus 85.9 ± 11.5%; p = 0.74. CONCLUSION: We were unable to confirm our earlier finding that F dominance of the electrohysterogram is associated with vaginal delivery and lack of F dominance is associated with cesarean for dystocia.


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Distocia/fisiopatologia , Trabalho de Parto/fisiologia , Contração Uterina/fisiologia , Adulto , Cesárea , Parto Obstétrico , Feminino , Humanos , Gravidez , Estudos Prospectivos , Adulto Jovem
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Anesth Analg ; 126(3): 913-919, 2018 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28991110

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BACKGROUND: The goal of this study was to determine a set of timing, shape, and statistical features available through noninvasive monitoring of maternal electrocardiogram and photoplethysmography that identifies preeclamptic patients. METHODS: Pregnant women admitted to Labor and Delivery were monitored with pulse oximetry and electrocardiogram for 30 minutes. Photoplethysmogram features and heart rate variability were extracted from each data set and applied to a sequential feature selection algorithm to discriminate women with preeclampsia with severe features, from normotensive and hypertensive controls. The classification boundary was chosen to minimize the expected misclassification cost. The prior probabilities of the misclassification costs were assumed to be equal. RESULTS: Thirty-seven patients with clinically diagnosed preeclampsia with severe features were compared with 43 normotensive controls; all were in early labor or beginning induction. Six variables were used in the final model. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.907 (standard error [SE] = 0.004) (sensitivity 78.2% [SE = 0.3%], specificity 89.9% [SE = 0.1%]) with a positive predictive value of 0.883 (SE = 0.001). Twenty-eight subjects with chronic or gestational hypertension were compared with the same preeclampsia group, generating a model with 5 features with an area under the curve of 0.795 (SE = 0.007; sensitivity 79.0% [SE = 0.2%], specificity 68.7% [SE = 0.4%]), and a positive predictive value of 0.799 (SE = 0.002). CONCLUSIONS: Vascular parameters, as assessed noninvasively by photoplethysmography and heart rate variability, may have a role in screening women suspected of having preeclampsia, particularly in areas with limited resources.


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Eletrocardiografia/métodos , Frequência Cardíaca/fisiologia , Fotopletismografia/métodos , Pré-Eclâmpsia/diagnóstico , Pré-Eclâmpsia/fisiopatologia , Adulto , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Feminino , Humanos , Hipertensão Induzida pela Gravidez/diagnóstico , Hipertensão Induzida pela Gravidez/fisiopatologia , Gravidez , Adulto Jovem
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Am J Perinatol ; 33(9): 831-8, 2016 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26960704

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Objective The aim of this article was to compare clinical interpretation of uterine activity tracings acquired by tocodynamometry and electrohysterography with the gold standard, intrauterine pressure. Study Design Using data from a previous study, subjects who had simultaneous monitoring with all three uterine activity devices were included in this study. These were parturients who required intrauterine pressure catheter (IUPC) placement for obstetric indication. A Web-based application displayed scrolling 30-minute segments of uterine activity. Two blinded obstetricians and two blinded obstetric nurses independently reviewed the segments, marking uninterpretable segments and the peak of each contraction. Interpretability was compared using positive percent agreement. False positives are contractions marked in the noninvasive strip that have no corresponding contraction in the IUPC strip. False negatives are the reverse. Results A total of 135 segments, acquired during either Stage 1 (active labor) or Stage 2 (pushing), from 105 women, were included in this analysis. For all four observers, both interpretability and sensitivity of electrohysterography exceeded that of tocodynamometry (p < 0.0001). This remained true for the obese population (96 segments). Conclusion Compared with the IUPC, electrohysterography is more sensitive and provides tracings that are more often interpretable than tocodynamometry for intrapartum monitoring; electrohysterography is also less affected by increasing maternal body mass index.


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Catéteres , Eletromiografia/métodos , Monitorização Fetal/métodos , Trabalho de Parto/fisiologia , Monitorização Uterina/métodos , Adulto , Reações Falso-Positivas , Feminino , Desenvolvimento Fetal , Florida , Idade Gestacional , Humanos , Parto , Gravidez , Contração Uterina/fisiologia , Adulto Jovem
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J Clin Monit Comput ; 30(3): 285-94, 2016 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26070542

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We describe a real time, noninvasive method of estimating work of breathing (esophageal balloon not required) during noninvasive pressure support (PS) that uses an artificial neural network (ANN) combined with a leak correction (LC) algorithm, programmed to ignore asynchronous breaths, that corrects for differences in inhaled and exhaled tidal volume (VT) from facemask leaks (WOBANN,LC/min). Validation studies of WOBANN,LC/min were performed. Using a dedicated and popular noninvasive ventilation ventilator (V60, Philips), in vitro studies using PS (5 and 10 cm H2O) at various inspiratory flow rate demands were simulated with a lung model. WOBANN,LC/min was compared with the actual work of breathing, determined under conditions of no facemask leaks and estimated using an ANN (WOBANN/min). Using the same ventilator, an in vivo study of healthy adults (n = 8) receiving combinations of PS (3-10 cm H2O) and expiratory positive airway pressure was done. WOBANN,LC/min was compared with physiologic work of breathing/min (WOBPHYS/min), determined from changes in esophageal pressure and VT applied to a Campbell diagram. For the in vitro studies, WOBANN,LC/min and WOBANN/min ranged from 2.4 to 11.9 J/min and there was an excellent relationship between WOBANN,LC/breath and WOBANN/breath, r = 0.99, r(2) = 0.98 (p < 0.01). There were essentially no differences between WOBANN,LC/min and WOBANN/min. For the in vivo study, WOBANN,LC/min and WOBPHYS/min ranged from 3 to 12 J/min and there was an excellent relationship between WOBANN,LC/breath and WOBPHYS/breath, r = 0.93, r(2) = 0.86 (p < 0.01). An ANN combined with a facemask LC algorithm provides noninvasive and valid estimates of work of breathing during noninvasive PS. WOBANN,LC/min, automatically and continuously estimated, may be useful for assessing inspiratory muscle loads and guiding noninvasive PS settings as in a decision support system to appropriately unload inspiratory muscles.


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Monitorização Fisiológica/estatística & dados numéricos , Volume de Ventilação Pulmonar , Trabalho Respiratório , Lesão Pulmonar Aguda/fisiopatologia , Lesão Pulmonar Aguda/terapia , Algoritmos , Sistemas Computacionais/estatística & dados numéricos , Humanos , Redes Neurais de Computação , Pressão , Respiração Artificial/instrumentação , Respiração Artificial/estatística & dados numéricos , Volume de Ventilação Pulmonar/fisiologia , Trabalho Respiratório/fisiologia
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J Clin Monit Comput ; 28(2): 203-10, 2014 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24136193

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A decision support, rule-based oxygenation advisor that provides guidance for setting positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) and fractional inhaled oxygen concentration (FIO2) for patients with respiratory failure is described. The target oxygenation goal is to achieve and maintain pulse oximeter oxygen saturation (SpO2) ≥ 88 and ≤ 95%, as posited by the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network, by recommending appropriate combinations of PEEP and FIO2. For patient safety, the oxygenation advisor monitors mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) to ensure it is ≥ 65 mmHg for hemodynamic stability and inspiratory plateau pressure (Pplt) so it is ≤ 30 cm H2O for lung protection. The purpose of this validation study was to compare attending physicians' recommendations to those recommendations of the oxygenation advisor for setting PEEP and FIO2. Adults with respiratory failure (n = 117) receiving ventilatory support were studied. PEEP, FIO2, SpO2, MAP, and Pplt are input variables into the advisor. Recommendations to increase, maintain, or decrease PEEP and FIO2 are the oxygenation advisor's output variables. Physicians' recommendations for setting PEEP and FIO2 were recorded; the oxygenation advisor's recommendations were also recorded for comparison. At all times, ventilator settings were based on recommendations from attending physicians. PEEP ranged from 2 to 22 cm H2O and FIO2 ranged from 0.30 to 0.65. A total of 326 recommendations by the oxygenation advisor and attending physicians were made to increase, maintain, or decrease PEEP and FIO2. There was a very significant relationship (p < 0.0001) between recommendations of the oxygenation advisor and attending physicians for setting PEEP and FIO2. The agreement rate for recommendations by the oxygenation advisor and attending physicians was 92%. The K statistic, a test of the strength of agreement of recommendations between the oxygenation advisor and attending physicians, was 0.82 (p < 0.0001), indicating "almost perfect agreement". Relationships for recommendations made by the oxygenation advisor and attending physicians for setting PEEP and FIO2 were excellent, PEEP: r = 0.98 (p < 0.01), r(2) = 0.96; FIO2: r = 0.91 (p < 0.01), r(2) = 0.83, bias and precision values were negligible. A novel oxygenation advisor provided continuous and automatic recommendations for setting PEEP and FIO2 that were shown to be as good as the clinical judgment of experienced attending physicians. For all patients, the target oxygenation goal was achieved. Concerning patient safety, the oxygenation advisor detected those occasions when MAP and Pplt were in potentially unsafe ranges.


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Gasometria/métodos , Oximetria/métodos , Oxigenoterapia/métodos , Respiração com Pressão Positiva/métodos , Insuficiência Respiratória/prevenção & controle , Insuficiência Respiratória/terapia , Terapia Assistida por Computador/métodos , Testes Respiratórios/métodos , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Estudos Retrospectivos , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Resultado do Tratamento
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Front Med (Lausanne) ; 11: 1356769, 2024.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38435386

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Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic surge in the hospitalization of critically ill patients and the global demand for mechanical ventilators, alternative strategies for device sharing were explored. We developed and assessed the performance of a system for shared ventilation that uses clinically available components to individualize tidal volumes under a variety of clinically relevant conditions. The feasibility of remote monitoring of ventilators was also assessed. Methods: By using existing resources and off-the-shelf components, a ventilator-sharing system (VSS) that ventilates 2 patients simultaneously with a single device, and a ventilator monitoring system (VMS) that remotely monitors pulmonary mechanics were developed. The feasibility and effectiveness of VSS and VMS were evaluated in benchtop testing using 2 test lungs on a single ventilator, and then performance was assessed in translational swine models of normal and impaired lung function. Results: In benchtop testing, VSS and VMS delivered the set individualized parameters with minimal % errors in test lungs under pressure- and volume-regulated ventilation modes, suggesting the highest precision and accuracy. In animal studies, the VSS and VMS successfully delivered the individualized mechanical ventilation parameters within clinically acceptable limits. Further, we found no statistically significant difference between the target and measured values. Conclusion: The VSS adequately ventilated 2 test lungs or animals with variable lung conditions. The VMS accurately displayed mechanical ventilation settings, parameters, and alarms. Both of these systems could be rapidly assembled for scaling up to ventilate several critically ill patients in a pandemic or mass casualty disaster situations by leveraging off-the-shelf and custom 3D printed components.

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Intensive Care Med Exp ; 12(1): 25, 2024 Mar 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38451334

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BACKGROUND: Expiratory time constant (τ) objectively assesses the speed of exhalation and can guide adjustments of the respiratory rate and the I:E ratio with the goal of achieving complete exhalation. Multiple methods of obtaining τ are available, but they have not been compared. The purpose of this study was to compare six different methods to obtain τ and to test if the exponentially decaying flow corresponds to the measured time constants. METHODS: In this prospective study, pressure, flow, and volume waveforms of 30 postoperative patients undergoing volume (VCV) and pressure-controlled ventilation (PCV) were obtained using a data acquisition device and analyzed. τ was measured as the first 63% of the exhaled tidal volume (VT) and compared to the calculated τ as the product of expiratory resistance (RE) and respiratory system compliance (CRS), or τ derived from passive flow/volume waveforms using previously published equations as proposed by Aerts, Brunner, Guttmann, and Lourens. We tested if the duration of exponentially decaying flow during exhalation corresponded to the duration of the predicted second and third τ, based on multiples of the first measured τ. RESULTS: Mean (95% CI) measured τ was 0.59 (0.57-0.62) s and 0.60 (0.58-0.63) s for PCV and VCV (p = 0.45), respectively. Aerts method showed the shortest values of all methods for both modes: 0.57 (0.54-0.59) s for PCV and 0.58 (0.55-0.61) s for VCV. Calculated (CRS * RE) and Brunner's τ were identical with mean τ of 0.64 (0.61-0.67) s for PCV and 0.66 (0.63-069) s for VCV. Mean Guttmann's τ was 0.64 (0.61-0.68) in PCV and 0.65 (0.62-0.69) in VCV. Comparison of each τ method between PCV and VCV was not significant. Predicted time to exhale 95% of the VT (i.e., 3*τ) was 1.77 (1.70-1.84) s for PCV and 1.80 (1.73-1.88) s for VCV, which was significantly longer than measured values: 1.27 (1.22-1.32) for PCV and 1.30 (1.25-1.35) s for VCV (p < 0.0001). The first, the second and the third measured τ were progressively shorter: 0.6, 0.4 and 0.3 s, in both ventilation modes (p < 0.0001). CONCLUSION: All six methods to determine τ show similar values and are feasible in postoperative mechanically ventilated patients in both PCV and VCV modes.

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Am J Obstet Gynecol ; 208(1): 66.e1-6, 2013 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23122926

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OBJECTIVE: Tocodynamometry (Toco; strain gauge technology) provides contraction frequency and approximate duration of labor contractions but suffers frequent signal dropout, necessitating repositioning by a nurse, and may fail in obese patients. The alternative invasive intrauterine pressure catheter (IUPC) is more reliable and adds contraction pressure information but requires ruptured membranes and introduces small risks of infection and abruption. Electrohysterography (EHG) reports the electrical activity of the uterus through electrodes placed on the maternal abdomen. This study compared all 3 methods of contraction detection simultaneously in laboring women. STUDY DESIGN: Upon consent, laboring women were monitored simultaneously with Toco, EHG, and IUPC. Contraction curves were generated in real-time for the EHG, and all 3 curves were stored electronically. A contraction detection algorithm was used to compare frequency and timing between methods. Seventy-three subjects were enrolled in the study; 14 were excluded due to hardware failure of 1 or more of the devices (n = 12) or inadequate data collection duration (n = 2). RESULTS: In comparison with the gold-standard IUPC, EHG performed significantly better than Toco with regard to the Contractions Consistency Index (CCI). The mean CCI for EHG was 0.88 ± 0.17 compared with 0.69 ± 0.27 for Toco (P < .0001). In contrast to Toco, EHG was not significantly affected by obesity. CONCLUSION: Toco does not correlate well with the gold-standard IUPC and fails more frequently in obese patients. EHG provides a reliable noninvasive alternative, regardless of body habitus.


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Eletromiografia/métodos , Monitorização Fetal/métodos , Trabalho de Parto/fisiologia , Contração Uterina/fisiologia , Monitorização Uterina/métodos , Útero/fisiologia , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Gravidez , Monitorização Uterina/instrumentação
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Crit Care ; 17(1): R23, 2013 Feb 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23384402

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INTRODUCTION: We hypothesized the expiratory time constant (ƬE) may be used to provide real time determinations of inspiratory plateau pressure (Pplt), respiratory system compliance (Crs), and total resistance (respiratory system resistance plus series resistance of endotracheal tube) (Rtot) of patients with respiratory failure using various modes of ventilatory support. METHODS: Adults (n = 92) with acute respiratory failure were categorized into four groups depending on the mode of ventilatory support ordered by attending physicians, i.e., volume controlled-continuous mandatory ventilation (VC-CMV), volume controlled-synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation (VC-SIMV), volume control plus (VC+), and pressure support ventilation (PSV). Positive end expiratory pressure as ordered was combined with all aforementioned modes. Pplt, determined by the traditional end inspiratory pause (EIP) method, was combined in equations to determine Crs and Rtot. Following that, the ƬE method was employed, ƬE was estimated from point-by-point measurements of exhaled tidal volume and flow rate, it was then combined in equations to determine Pplt, Crs, and Rtot. Both methods were compared using regression analysis. RESULTS: ƬE, ranging from mean values of 0.54 sec to 0.66 sec, was not significantly different among ventilatory modes. The ƬE method was an excellent predictor of Pplt, Crs, and Rtot for various ventilatory modes; r2 values for the relationships of ƬE and EIP methods ranged from 0.94 to 0.99 for Pplt, 0.90 to 0.99 for Crs, and 0.88 to 0.94 for Rtot (P <0.001). Bias and precision values were negligible. CONCLUSIONS: We found the ƬE method was just as good as the EIP method for determining Pplt, Crs, and Rtot for various modes of ventilatory support for patients with acute respiratory failure. It is unclear if the ƬE method can be generalized to patients with chronic obstructive lung disease. ƬE is determined during passive deflation of the lungs without the need for changing the ventilatory mode and disrupting a patient's breathing. The ƬE method obviates the need to apply an EIP, allows for continuous and automatic surveillance of inspiratory Pplt so it can be maintained ≤ 30 cm H2O for lung protection and patient safety, and permits real time assessments of pulmonary mechanics.


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Expiração/fisiologia , Complacência Pulmonar/fisiologia , Respiração Artificial/métodos , Síndrome do Desconforto Respiratório/fisiopatologia , Síndrome do Desconforto Respiratório/terapia , Adulto , Idoso , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Respiração com Pressão Positiva/métodos , Volume de Ventilação Pulmonar/fisiologia , Fatores de Tempo
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J Affect Disord ; 339: 418-425, 2023 10 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37442455

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BACKGROUND: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with changes in multiple neurophysiological systems, including verbal declarative memory deficits. Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) has been shown in preliminary studies to enhance function when paired with cognitive and motor tasks. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of transcutaneous cervical VNS (tcVNS) on attention, declarative and working memory in PTSD patients. METHODS: Fifteen PTSD patients were randomly assigned to active tcVNS (N = 8) or sham (N = 7) stimulation in a double-blinded fashion. Memory assessment tests including paragraph recall and N-back tests were performed to assess declarative and working memory function when paired with active/sham tcVNS once per month in a longitudinal study during which patients self-administered tcVNS/sham twice daily. RESULTS: Active tcVNS stimulation resulted in a significant improvement in paragraph recall performance following pairing with paragraph encoding for PTSD patients at two months (p < 0.05). It resulted in a 91 % increase in paragraph recall performance within group (p = 0.03), while sham tcVNS exhibited no such trend in performance improvement. In the N-back study, positive deviations in accuracy, precision and recall measures on different day visits (7,34,64,94) of patients with respect to day 1 revealed a pattern of better performance of the active tcVNS population compared to sham VNS which did not reach statistical significance. LIMITATIONS: Our sample size was small. CONCLUSIONS: These preliminary results suggest that tcVNS improves attention, declarative and working memory, which may improve quality of life and productivity for patients with PTSD. Future studies are required to confirm these results.


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Transtornos de Estresse Pós-Traumáticos , Estimulação do Nervo Vago , Humanos , Transtornos de Estresse Pós-Traumáticos/epidemiologia , Memória de Curto Prazo , Projetos Piloto , Estudos Longitudinais , Qualidade de Vida , Nervo Vago
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Med Devices (Auckl) ; 15: 263-275, 2022.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35958116

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Background: Mechanical ventilation (MV) is used to support patients with respiratory impairment. Evidence supports the use of lung-protective ventilation (LPV) during MV to improve outcomes. However, studies have demonstrated poor adherence to LPV guidelines. We hypothesized that an electronic platform adapted to a hand-held tablet receiving real-time ventilatory parameters could increase clinician awareness of key LPV parameters. Furthermore, we speculated that an electronic shift-change tool could improve the quality of clinician handoffs. Methods: Using a specially designed Wi-Fi dongle to transmit data from three ventilators and a respiratory monitor, we implemented a system that displays data from all ventilators under the care of a Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) on an electronic tablet. In addition, the tablet created a handoff checklist to improve shift-change communication. In a simulated ICU environment, we monitored the performance of eight RCPs at baseline and while using the system. Results: Using the system, the time above guideline Pplat decreased by 74% from control, and the time outside the VT range decreased by 60% from control, p = 0.007 and 0.015, respectively. The handoff scores improved quality significantly from 2.8 to 1.6 on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 being best), p = 0.03. Conclusion: In a simulated environment, an electronic RT tool can significantly improve shift-change communication and increase the RCP's level of LPV adherence.

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Respir Care ; 56(3): 271-7, 2011 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21235833

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BACKGROUND: Pressure support ventilation (PSV) should be applied so that the inspiratory muscles are unloaded appropriately. We developed a computerized advisory system that assesses the load on the inspiratory muscles to spontaneously inhale, reflected by the automatically and noninvasively measured work of breathing per minute, and tolerance for that load, reflected by spontaneous breathing frequency and tidal volume, in a fuzzy-logic algorithm that provides recommendations for setting PSV. We call this a load and tolerance strategy for determining PSV. METHODS: In a clinical validation study, we compared the recommendations from our PSV advisory system to the recommendations of experienced critical-care Registered Respiratory Therapists (RRTs) for setting PSV in patients with respiratory failure. With 76 adult patients in a university medical center surgical intensive care unit receiving PSV, a combined pressure/flow sensor, positioned between the endotracheal tube and patient Y-piece, sent measurements to the PSV advisory system. We compared the advisory system's recommendations (increase, maintain, or decrease the pressure support) to the RRTs' recommendations at the bedside. RESULTS: There were no significant differences between the RRTs' and the advisory system's recommendations (n = 109) to increase, maintain, or decrease PSV. The RRTs agreed with 91% of the advisory system's recommendations (kappa statistic 0.85, P < .001). The advisory system was very good at predicting the RRTs' pressure support recommendations (r(2) = 0.87, P < .02). CONCLUSIONS: A load and tolerance strategy with a computerized PSV advisory system provided valid recommendations for setting PSV to unload the inspiratory muscles, and the recommendations were essentially the same as the recommendations from experienced critical-care RRTs. The PSV advisory system operates continuously and automatically and may be useful in clinical environments where experts are not always available.


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Respiração com Pressão Positiva , Insuficiência Respiratória/terapia , Músculos Respiratórios/fisiopatologia , Terapia Assistida por Computador , Ventiladores Mecânicos , Trabalho Respiratório/fisiologia , Adulto , Idoso , Algoritmos , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Insuficiência Respiratória/fisiopatologia , Volume de Ventilação Pulmonar/fisiologia
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J Crit Care ; 57: 208-213, 2020 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32213447

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INTRODUCTION: The patient-ventilator relationship is dynamic as the patient's health fluctuates and the ventilator settings are modified. Spontaneously breathing patients respond to mechanical ventilation by changing their patterns of breathing. This study measured the physiologic response when pressure support (PS) settings were modified during mechanical ventilation. METHODS: Subjects were instrumented with a non-invasive pressure, flow, and carbon dioxide airway sensor to estimate tidal volume, respiratory rate, minute ventilation, and end-tidal CO2. Additionally, a catheter was used to measure esophageal pressure and estimate effort exerted during breathing. Respiratory function measurements were obtained while PS settings were adjusted 569 times between 5 and 25 cmH2O. RESULTS: Data was collected on 248 patients. The primary patient response to changes in PS was to adjusting effort (power of breathing) followed by adjusting tidal volume. Changes in respiratory rate were less definite while changes in minute ventilation and end-tidal CO2 appeared unrelated to the change in PS. CONCLUSION: The data indicates that patients maintain a set minute ventilation by adjusting their breathing rate, volume, and power. The data indicates that the subjects regulate their Ve and PetCO2 by adjusting power of breathing and breathing pattern.


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Respiração Artificial/métodos , Respiração , Taxa Respiratória , Volume de Ventilação Pulmonar , Adulto , Idoso , Dióxido de Carbono , Cateterismo , Esôfago/fisiologia , Feminino , Hemodinâmica , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Ventiladores Mecânicos , Trabalho Respiratório
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Am J Obstet Gynecol ; 200(1): 54.e1-7, 2009 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19121657

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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the spatiotemporal patterns of uterine electrical activity in normal and arrested labors. STUDY DESIGN: From a database of electrohysterograms, 12 subjects who underwent cesarean delivery for active-phase arrest were each matched with 2 vaginally delivered controls. Using 30-minute segments of the electrohysterogram during the arrest, or the same dilation in controls, the center of uterine electrical activity was derived. The vertical motion of this center of uterine activity was determined for each contraction and the frequencies of movement patterns analyzed. RESULTS: Predominantly upward movement of the center of uterine activity (longer and/or stronger contraction at the fundus) was more common with normal dilation (P = .003). Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis gave an area under the curve of 0.91 for predicting outcome (vaginal vs cesarean delivery). CONCLUSION: There is a significant correlation between upward movement of the center of uterine activity (fundal dominance) and current labor progress.


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Distocia/fisiopatologia , Eletromiografia/métodos , Contração Uterina/fisiologia , Adulto , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Cesárea , Feminino , Humanos , Gravidez , Curva ROC , Adulto Jovem
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Chest ; 133(3): 697-703, 2008 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18198251

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BACKGROUND: Loads on the respiratory muscles, reflected by noninvasive measurement of the real-time power of breathing (POBn), and tolerance of these loads, reflected by spontaneous breathing frequency (f) and tidal volume (Vt), should be considered when evaluating patients with respiratory failure. Pressure support ventilation (PSV) should be applied so that muscle loads are not too high or too low. We propose a computerized, ventilator advisory system employing a load (POBn) and tolerance (f and Vt) strategy in a fuzzy logic algorithm to provide guidance for setting PSV. To validate these recommendations, we performed a multisite study comparing the advisory system recommendations to experienced physician decisions. METHODS: Data were obtained from adults who were receiving PSV (n = 87) at three university sites via a combined pressure/flow sensor, which was positioned between the endotracheal tube and the Y-piece of the ventilator breathing circuit and was directed to the advisory system. Recommendations from the advisory system for increasing, maintaining, or decreasing PSV were compared at specific time points to decisions made by physician intensivists at the bedside. RESULTS: There were no significant differences in the recommendations by the advisory system (n = 210) compared to those of the physician intensivists to increase, maintain, or decrease PSV (p > 0.05). Physician intensivists agreed with 90.5% of all recommendations. The advisory system was very good at predicting intensivist decisions (r(2) = 0.90; p < 0.05) in setting PSV. CONCLUSIONS: The novel load-and-tolerance strategy of the advisory system provided automatic and valid recommendations for setting PSV to appropriately unload the respiratory muscles that were as good as the clinical judgment of physician intensivists.


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Guias de Prática Clínica como Assunto , Respiração Artificial/instrumentação , Respiração Artificial/normas , Insuficiência Respiratória/terapia , Adulto , Desenho de Equipamento , Seguimentos , Humanos , Monitorização Fisiológica , Pressão , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes
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