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Continuous positive airway pressure reduces work of breathing and dyspnea during weaning from mechanical ventilation in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
American Review of Respiratory Disease 1990 Februrary
Dynamic hyperinflation and the development of intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEPi) are commonly observed in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and acute respiratory failure. The presence of intrinsic PEEP acts as an inspiratory threshold load, and contributes significantly to the observed increase in work and oxygen cost of breathing. The present study examined the effects of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) (at 5, 10, and 15 cm H2O) and its ability to reduce the mechanical load imposed by PEEPi on breathing pattern, work of breathing, and dyspnea in seven patients with severe COPD during weaning from mechanical ventilation. Tidal volume remained stable at all levels of applied pressure. Breathing frequency was also stable except for a small (12%) decrease during CPAP of 15 cm H2O. Inspiratory pulmonary resistance and elastance were unaltered by the application of CPAP. There were progressive reductions in the inspiratory work of breathing as the level of CPAP increased. At the highest level of CPAP, the amount of inspiratory work performed per minute and per liter of ventilation decreased by 49.8 and 41.8%, respectively. Similar progressive reductions were also obtained in the pressure-time product for the inspiratory muscles and the diaphragm, which amounted to decreases of 42.9 and 42.2%, respectively, at the highest level of CPAP. End-expiratory lung volume remained stable at the lowest level of CPAP, with only modest increases occurring at the higher levels. In addition, all patients reported a reduction in dyspnea during the administration of CPAP.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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