Selected article for: "ARDS respiratory distress syndrome and pulmonary oxygenation"
Author: Mittermaier, Mirja; Pickerodt, Philipp; Kurth, Florian; de Jarcy, Laure Bosquillon; Uhrig, Alexander; Garcia, Carmen; Machleidt, Felix; Pergantis, Panagiotis; Weber, Susanne; Li, Yaosi; Breitbart, Astrid; Bremer, Felix; Knape, Philipp; Dewey, Marc; Doellinger, Felix; Weber-Carstens, Steffen; Slutsky, Arthur S.; Kuebler, Wolfgang M.; Suttorp, Norbert; Müller-Redetzky, Holger
Title: Evaluation of PEEP and prone positioning in early COVID-19 ARDS
  • Cord-id: t78md5z4
  • Document date: 2020_10_11
    • ID: t78md5z4
    Snippet: BACKGROUND: In face of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID)-19 pandemic, best practice for mechanical ventilation in COVID-19 associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is intensely debated. Specifically, the rationale for high positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and prone positioning in early COVID-19 ARDS has been questioned. METHODS: The first 23 consecutive patients with COVID-19 associated respiratory failure transferred to a single ICU were assessed. Eight were excluded: five wer
    Document: BACKGROUND: In face of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID)-19 pandemic, best practice for mechanical ventilation in COVID-19 associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is intensely debated. Specifically, the rationale for high positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and prone positioning in early COVID-19 ARDS has been questioned. METHODS: The first 23 consecutive patients with COVID-19 associated respiratory failure transferred to a single ICU were assessed. Eight were excluded: five were not invasively ventilated and three received veno-venous ECMO support. The remaining 15 were assessed over the first 15 days of mechanical ventilation. Best PEEP was defined by maximal oxygenation and was determined by structured decremental PEEP trials comprising the monitoring of oxygenation, airway pressures and trans-pulmonary pressures. In nine patients the impact of prone positioning on oxygenation was investigated. Additionally, the effects of high PEEP and prone positioning on pulmonary opacities in serial chest x-rays were determined by applying a semiquantitative scoring-system. This investigation is part of the prospective observational PA-COVID-19 study. FINDINGS: Patients responded to initiation of invasive high PEEP ventilation with markedly improved oxygenation, which was accompanied by reduced pulmonary opacities within 6 h of mechanical ventilation. Decremental PEEP trials confirmed the need for high PEEP (17.9 (SD ± 3.9) mbar) for optimal oxygenation, while driving pressures remained low. Prone positioning substantially increased oxygenation (p<0.01). INTERPRETATION: In early COVID-19 ARDS, substantial PEEP values were required for optimizing oxygenation. Pulmonary opacities resolved during mechanical ventilation with high PEEP suggesting recruitment of lung volume. FUNDING: German Research Foundation, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

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