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- Title
Comparison of Noninvasive Ventilation by Sequential Use of Mask and Helmet versus Mask in Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Preliminary Study.
- Authors
Antonaglia, Vittorio; Ferluga, Massimo; Molino, Rossella; Lucangelo, Umberto; Peratoner, Alberto; Roman-Pognuz, Erik; De Simoni, Loredana; Zin, Walter A.
- Abstract
Background:Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) using a face mask is the ventilatory mode of choice in selected patients experiencing acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). A high incidence of intolerance limits the use of this approach. Objective: To evaluate the sequential use of mask and helmet during NPPV in patients with severe exacerbation of COPD in order to reduce the intolerance to these devices. Methods: Fifty-three patients ventilated for the first 2 h with NPPV by mask were studied. If gas exchange and clinical status improved, they were randomized to continue on NPPV by mask or helmet.Physiological parameters were measured at admission, after the first 2 h on NPPV by mask, 4 h after randomization and at discharge. Need for intubation, ventilatory assistance, length of stay (LOS) and complications were recorded. Results: After the first 2 h of NPPV, gas exchange and clinical parameters improved in 40 patients. Four hours after randomization, PaCO2 was lower in the mask group than in the helmet group. Nine patients in the mask group and 2 in the helmet group failed NPPV, 8 and 1, respectively, owing to intolerance. Time of noninvasive ventilation and LOS were lower in the mask than in the helmet group. Conclusions: In patients with acute exacerbation of COPD and undergoing NPPV, the sequential use of a mask and helmet diminished the incidence of failure. Under the present experimental conditions, the use of a helmet increased LOS and the duration of artificial ventilation. Copyright © 2011 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
BRAZIL; OBSTRUCTIVE lung disease treatment; RESPIRATORY insufficiency treatment; ACTIVE oxygen in the body; ANALYSIS of variance; APACHE (Disease classification system); CHI-squared test; COMPUTER software; FISHER exact test; LENGTH of stay in hospitals; INTENSIVE care units; INTUBATION; MASKS; PRESSURE breathing; PULMONARY gas exchange; SAFETY hats; STATISTICAL sampling; T-test (Statistics); U-statistics; DATA analysis; EQUIPMENT &; supplies
- Publication
Respiration, 2011, Vol 82, Issue 2, p148
- ISSN
0025-7931
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000324259