Benefits of secretion clearance with high frequency percussive ventilation in tracheostomized critically ill patients: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT: Clearance of secretions remains a challenge in ventilated patients. Despite high-frequency percussive ventilation (HFPV) showing benefits in patients with cystic fibrosis and neuromuscular disorders, very little is known about its effects on other patient categories. Therefore, we designed a physiological pilot study investigating the effects on lung aeration and gas exchange of short HFPV cycles in tracheostomized patients undergoing mechanical ventilation. Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) was recorded at baseline (T0) by a belt wrapped around the patient's chest, followed by the HFPV cycle lasting 10 min. EIT data was collected again after the HFPV cycle (T1) as well as after 1 h (T2) and 3 h (T3) from T0. Variation from baseline of end-expiratory lung impedance (∆EELI), tidal varia

SUBMITTER: Garofalo E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10175357 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature