Increased Ratio of Dead Space to Tidal Volume in Subjects With Inhalation Injury.

BACKGROUND: Inhalation injury increases morbidity and mortality in burn patients. Patients with inhalation injury present with large differences between end-tidal CO2 pressure and PaCO2, an indirect measure of dead space. We aimed to investigate the relationships between increased dead space and inh...

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Publicado en:Respiratory Care Vol. 65; no. 10; pp. 1555 - 1561
Autores principales: Granchi, Thomas, Lemere, Ashley, Mashruwala, Neil, Galet, Colette, Romanowski, Kathleen S.
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Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Oct2020
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          Granchi, Thomas
          Lemere, Ashley
          Mashruwala, Neil
          Galet, Colette
          Romanowski, Kathleen S.
        affil: Department of Surgery, Acute Care Surgery Division, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinic, Iowa City, Iowa
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          Tidal Volume
          Smoke Inhalation Injury
          Respiratory Dead Space
          Human
          Retrospective Design
          Length of Stay
          Blood Gas Analysis
          Carbon Dioxide
          T-Tests
          Bivariate Statistics
          Correlational Studies
          Descriptive Statistics
          Middle Age
          Mortality
          Illinois
          Nonparametric Statistics
          Mann-Whitney U Test
          Multiple Linear Regression
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      ab: BACKGROUND: Inhalation injury increases morbidity and mortality in burn patients. Patients with inhalation injury present with large differences between end-tidal CO2 pressure and PaCO2, an indirect measure of dead space. We aimed to investigate the relationships between increased dead space and inhalation injury outcomes. METHODS: This retrospective study included 51 adult subjects with burns and inhalation injuries. Demographics, size of burns, length of stay, ventilator days, blood gas results, end-tidal CO2 pressure, presence of ventilator-associated pneumonia, and mortality data were collected. Modified Baux scores and ratios of alveolar dead space to alveolar tidal volume (VDalv/VTalv) were calculated. Independent t tests were used to compare mean VDalv/VTalv of survivors to that of subjects who died and between subjects with and without pneumonia. The relationships between VDalv/VTalv and ventilator days or modified Baux score were assessed with bivariate correlation analysis. RESULTS: Our population had a mean age of 52 y and an average burn size of 17.5%. The average length of stay and ventilator days were 12 d and 3.8 d, respectively. The mean modified Baux score was 87. The mean VDalv/VTalv was 0.38. Ten subjects died, and 6 subjects had pneumonia. The VDalv/VTalv of survivors was significantly smaller for survivors than for subjects who died (0.34 vs 0.52, P = .03). No significant difference was observed between subjects with and without pneumonia (0.36 vs 0.47, P = .26). VDalv/VTalv correlated significantly with modified Baux score (r = .524, P < .001). CONCLUSIONS: Alveolar dead space (VDalv/VTalv) is easily calculated from PaCO2 and end-tidal CO2 pressure and may be useful in assessing severity of inhalation injury, the patient's prognosis, and the patient's response to treatment.
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