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Accuracy of automatic tube compensation in new-generation mechanical ventilators

Elsasser, S; Guttmann, J; Stocker, R; Mols, G; Priebe, H J; Haberthür, C (2003). Accuracy of automatic tube compensation in new-generation mechanical ventilators. Critical Care Medicine, 31(11):2619-2626.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To compare performance of flow-adapted compensation of endotracheal tube resistance (automatic tube compensation, ATC) between the original ATC system and ATC systems incorporated in commercially available ventilators. DESIGN: Bench study. SETTING: University research laboratory. SUBJECTS: The original ATC system, Dräger Evita 2 prototype, Dräger Evita 4, Puritan-Bennett 840. INTERVENTIONS: The four ventilators under investigation were alternatively connected via different sized endotracheal tubes and an artificial trachea to an active lung model. Test conditions consisted of two ventilatory modes (ATC vs. continuous positive airway pressure), three different sized endotracheal tubes (inner diameter 7.0, 8.0, and 9.0 mm), two ventilatory rates (15/min and 30/min), and four levels of positive end-expiratory pressure (0, 5, 10, and 15 cm H2O). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Performance of tube compensation was assessed by the amount of tube-related (additional) work of breathing (WOBadd), which was calculated on the basis of pressure gradient across the endotracheal tube. Compared with continuous positive airway pressure, ATC reduced inspiratory WOBadd by 58%, 68%, 50%, and 97% when using the Evita 4, the Evita 2 prototype, the Puritan-Bennett 840, and the original ATC system, respectively. Depending on endotracheal tube diameter and ventilatory pattern, inspiratory WOBadd was 0.12-5.2 J/L with the original ATC system, 1.5-28.9 J/L with the Puritan-Bennett 840, 10.4-21.0 J/L with the Evita 2 prototype, and 10.1-36.1 J/L with the Evita 4 (difference between each ventilator at identical test situations, p <.025). Expiratory WOBadd was reduced by 5%, 26%, 1%, and 70% with the Evita 4, the Evita 2 prototype, the Puritan-Bennett 840, and the original ATC system, respectively. The expiratory WOBadd caused by an endotracheal tube of 7.0 mm inner diameter was 5.5-42.2 J/L at a low ventilatory rate and 19.6-82.3 J/L at a high ventilatory rate. It was lowest with the original ATC system and highest with the Evita 4 ventilator (p <.025). CONCLUSIONS: Flow-adapted tube compensation by the original ATC system significantly reduced tube-related inspiratory and expiratory work of breathing. The commercially available ATC modes investigated here may be adequate for inspiratory but probably not for expiratory tube compensation.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:04 Faculty of Medicine > University Hospital Zurich > Institute of Intensive Care Medicine
Dewey Decimal Classification:610 Medicine & health
Scopus Subject Areas:Health Sciences > Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Language:English
Date:23 January 2003
Deposited On:16 Sep 2009 08:45
Last Modified:07 Oct 2024 03:34
Publisher:Lippincott Wiliams & Wilkins
ISSN:0090-3493
OA Status:Closed
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1097/01.CCM.0000094224.78718.2A
PubMed ID:14605533

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