• Intensive Care Unit, Dazhou Central Hospital, Dazhou, Sichuan 635000, P. R. China;
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Objective To investigate the effect of recruitment maneuver (RM) following fibrobronchoscopy in invasively mechanically ventilated (IMV) patients with excessive airway secretions or foreign body aspiration. Methods From September 2012 to July 2014, 200 eligible patients were randomly assigned to intervention group (n=100) and control group (n=100) . Airway clearance by fibrobronchoscopy was conducted in both the two groups, but RM was subsequently performed only in the intervention group. Outcome measurements included oxygenation index, partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2), heart rate (HR), air way resistance (Raw) and dynamic lung compliance (Cdyn) before and 2 hours after treatment, and duration of IMV and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) stay were also analyzed. Results After treatment with fibrobronchoscopy, oxygenation index [intervention vs. control: (291.14±38.49) vs. (241.39± 35.62) mm Hg (1 mm Hg=0.133 kPa)], PaCO2 [(41.65±7.73) vs. (38.87±7.97) mm Hg] and Cdyn [(48.94±11.21) vs. (39.59±10.98) mL/cm H2O (1 cm H2O=0.098 kPa) ] were significantly increased, while HR [(95.41±20.59) , vs. (106.47±19.11) beats/min] and Raw [(17.87±8.32) vs. (23.98±7.88) cm H2O/(L·s)] were significantly decreased in both groups (P < 0.01) . Duration of IMV and ICU stay in the intervention group were (15.72±6.42) and (19.85±8.12) days respectively, while in the control group were (20.49±7.21) and (27.87±10.33) days. Compared with the control group, patients in the intervention group had lower Raw, duration of IMV and ICU stay, and higher Cdyn, oxygenation index, and PaCO2 (P < 0.01) , but no significant difference was found in HR (P > 0.05) . Conclusion In mechanically ventilated patients with excessive airway secretion or foreign body aspiration, recruitment maneuver following fibrobronchoscopy is of great clinical importance, due to the decrease of the duration of mechanical ventilation and ICU stay by re-inflating the collapsing alveoli, improving pulmonary ventilation and gas exchange, lung compliance and diffusion capacity.

Citation: LiuXiaoyi, ZhengXiangde, LiuHui. Comparative Study of Recruitment Maneuver in Mechanically Ventilated Patients after Fibrobronchoscopy. West China Medical Journal, 2016, 31(5): 863-866. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201600235 Copy

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