• 1. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, P. R. China;
  • 2. School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Hunan City University, Yiyang, Hunan 413049, P. R. China;
  • 3. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai First People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200080, P. R. China;
CHEN Yuqing, Email: chenyqn69@163.com
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Objective To evaluate the accuracy of the new dynamic approach in the measurement of respiratory mechanics with different pressure support (PS) level during pressure support ventilation (PSV) via oral-nasal mask.Methods The Respironics V60 ventilator was connected to a ASL5000 lung simulator, which simulate lung mechanics in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [system compliance (Crs)=50 mL/cm H2O, airway resistance (Raw)=20 cm H2O/(L·s), inspiratory time (TI)=1.6 s, breathing rate=15 beats per minute]. PSV were applied with different levels of PS [positive end-expiratory pressure=5 cm H2O, PS=5/10/15/20/25 cm H2O) and back-up rate=10 beats per minute]. Measurements were conducted at system leaks with 25 – 28 L/min. The performance characteristics and patient-ventilator asynchrony were assessed, including flow, airway pressure, time and workload. Crs and Raw were calculated by using new dynamic approach.Results Tidal volume (VT) was increased with increasing PS level [(281.45±4.26)mL at PS 5 cm H2O vs. (456.81±1.91)mL at PS 10 cm H2O vs. (747.45±3.22)mL at PS 20 cm H2O, P<0.01]. Severe asynchronous was occurred frequently when PS is at 25 cm H2O. Inspiration cycling criterion (CC) was up-regulated accompanied by increasing PS level [(15.62±3.11)% at 5 cm H2O, vs. (24.50±0.77)% at 20 cm H2O, P<0.01]. Premature cycling was always existed during PSV when PS < 20 cm H2O, which could be eliminated as PS level increasing. Delay cycling was found when PS was at 20 cm H2O, and cycling delay time was (33.60±15.91)ms (P<0.01). The measurement of Crs was (46.19±1.57)mL/cm H2O with PS at 10 cm H2O, which was closer to the preset values of simulated lung. The underestimate of Crs was observed during high level PS support. The calculation of inspiratory and expiratory resistance was approximate to 20 cm H2O/(L·s) when PS level was exceeded 15 cm H2O.Conclusions The new dynamic approach can continuously assess the respiratory mechanics during non-invasive ventilation, which is no need to interrupt the patient's spontaneous breathing. Higher inspiratory flow during PSV is beneficial for Raw measurement, whereas the accuracy of Crs was influenced by the value of actual VT.

Citation: CHEN Yuqing, YUAN Yueyang, ZHANG Hai, LI Feng, ZHOU Xin. The measurement of respiratory mechanics with new dynamic approach during noninvasive bi-level positive pressure ventilation: a bench study. Chinese Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2019, 18(6): 537-542. doi: 10.7507/1671-6205.201901070 Copy

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