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- Title
A Scandinavian survey of drug administration through inhalation, suctioning and recruitment maneuvers in mechanically ventilated patients.
- Authors
GRIVANS, C.; LINDGREN, S.; ÅNEMAN, A.; STENQVIST, O.; LUNDIN, S.
- Abstract
Background: The aim was to describe current practices for drug administration through inhalation, endotracheal suctioning and lung recruitment maneuvers in mechanically ventilated patients in Scandinavian intensive care units (ICUs). Methods: We invited 161 ICUs to participate in a web-based survey regarding (1) their routine standards and (2) current treatment of ventilated patients during the past 24 h. In order to characterize the patients, the lowest PaO2 with the corresponding highest FiO2, and the highest PaO2 with the corresponding lowest FiO2 during the 24-h study period were recorded. Results: Eighty-seven ICUs answered and reported 186 patients. Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) levels (cmH2O) were 5–9 in 65% and >10 in 31% of the patients. Forty percent of the patients had heated humidification and 50% received inhalation of drugs. Endotracheal suctioning was performed >7 times during the study period in 40% of the patients, of which 23% had closed suction systems. Twenty percent of the patients underwent recruitment maneuvers. The most common recruitment maneuver was to increase PEEP and gradually increase the inspiratory pressure. Twenty-six percent of the calculated PaO2/FiO2 ratios varied >13 kPa for the same patient. Conclusion: Frequent use of drug administration through inhalation and endotracheal suctioning predispose to derecruitment of the lungs, possibly resulting in the large variations in PaO2/FiO2 ratios observed during the 24-h study period. Recruitment maneuvers were performed only in one-fifth of the patients during the day of the survey.
- Subjects
SCANDINAVIA; INTENSIVE care units; DRUG delivery systems; INTRATRACHEAL anesthesia; RESPIRATORY therapy; ARTIFICIAL respiration
- Publication
Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 2009, Vol 53, Issue 6, p710
- ISSN
0001-5172
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.01957.x