Effect of prophylactic non-invasive mechanical ventilation on functional capacity after heart valve replacement: a clinical trial

OBJECTIVE: During cardiac surgery, several factors contribute to the development of postoperative pulmonary complications. Non-invasive ventilation is a promising therapeutic tool for improving the functionality of this type of patient. The aim of this study is to evaluate the functional capacity and length of stay of patients in a nosocomial intensive care unit who underwent prophylactic non-invasive ventilation after heart valve replacement. METHOD: The study was a controlled clinical trial, comprising 50 individuals of both sexes who were allocated by randomization into two groups with 25 patients in each group: the control group and experimental group. After surgery, the patients were transferred to the intensive care unit and then participated in standard physical therapy, which was provided to the experimental group after 3 applications of non-invasive ventilation within the first 26 hours after extubation. For non-invasive ventilation, the positive pressure was 10 cm H2O, with a duration of 1 hour. The evaluation was performed on the 7th postoperative day/discharge and included a 6-minute walk test. The intensive care unit and hospitalization times were monitored in both groups. Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials (REBeC): RBR number 8bxdd3. RESULTS: Analysis of the 6-minute walk test showed that the control group walked an average distance of 264.34±76 meters and the experimental group walked an average distance of 334.07±71 meters (p=0.002). The intensive care unit and hospitalization times did not differ between the groups. CONCLUSION: Non-invasive ventilation as a therapeutic resource was effective toward improving functionality; however, non-invasive ventilation did not influence the intensive care unit or hospitalization times of the studied cardiac patients

Acute effects of physiotherapeutic respiratory maneuvers in critically ill patients with craniocerebral trauma

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of physiotherapeutic respiratory maneuvers on cerebral and cardiovascular hemodynamics and blood gas variables. METHOD: A descriptive, longitudinal, prospective, nonrandomized clinical trial that included 20 critical patients with severe craniocerebral trauma who were receiving mechanical ventilation and who were admitted to the intensive care unit. Each patient was subjected to the physiotherapeutic maneuvers of vibrocompression and increased manual expiratory flow (5 minutes on each hemithorax), along with subsequent airway suctioning with prior instillation of saline solution, hyperinflation and hyperoxygenation. Variables related to cardiovascular and cerebral hemodynamics and blood gas variables were recorded after each vibrocompression, increased manual expiratory flow and airway suctioning maneuver and 10 minutes after the end of airway suctioning. RESULTS: The hemodynamic and blood gas variables were maintained during vibrocompression and increased manual expiratory flow maneuvers; however, there were increases in mean arterial pressure, intracranial pressure, heart rate, pulmonary arterial pressure and pulmonary capillary pressure during airway suctioning. All of the values returned to baseline 10 minutes after the end of airway suctioning. CONCLUSION: Respiratory physiotherapy can be safely performed on patients with severe craniocerebral trauma. Additional caution must be taken when performing airway suctioning because this technique alters cerebral and cardiovascular hemodynamics, even in sedated and paralyzed patients

Repercussion of Brief Hyperventilation Manuever on the Cerebral and Systemic Hemodynamic and Gasometric Parameters in Mechanically Ventilated Patients

Measurements of respiratory mechanics, very important to conduct the patient with mechanical ventilation, are obtained with the relaxation of respiratory muscle in sedated or paralyzed patients or through a brief period of hyperventilation (HV), which is possible to decrease the drive ventilation of patient. However, it´s known that the hyperventilation decreases the carbon dioxide arterial pressure (PaCO2) and can induce changes in the cerebral blood flow. Then, this study proposes to verify the effects of this brief period of HV on the gasometric parameters, cerebral and systemic hemodynamic in 15 mechanically ventilated patients, with ventilation drive and different pathologies, except cerebral pathology, admitted in Intensive Care Unit of Vita Hospital in Curitiba-PR; being 12 males (80%) and three females (20%), mean age of 61,29 (± 18,97), eight clinical and seven surgical diagnosis. The protocol consisted of a brief HV with increase by 50% from previous minute volume of patient for two minutes. The variables were recorded before, on the first minute of HV (HV1), on the second minute (HV2) and five minutes after the end of maneuver. The parameters recorded were mean blood flow velocity and pulsatility index through transcranial doppler of the middle cerebral arteries, blood gas parameters (pH, PaCO2, EtCO2, HCO3, BE, PaO2, SatO2 e SpO2), besides heart rate and mean arterial pressure. The data were averaged statistically by ANOVA, Newman-Keuls and Wilcoxon tests. The normality condition of data were averaged by Kolmogorov-Smirnov. Values of p<0,05, indicate statistically significant. The results show a decrease of mean blood flow velocity of the right (p=0,18888) and left (p=0,0071) middle cerebral arteries, mainly on the first minute of HV, estimating a decrease of cerebral blood flow (4,12% e 6,51%, of the right and left middle cerebral arteries, bespectively). Five minutes after HV, there was a return to baseline values. In relation to gasometric parameters, there were a significant variation of EtCO2 and PaCO2 during the HV, with smaller changes of PaCO2 in relation to EtCO2. The pulsatility index, another gasometric parameters, heart rate and mean arterial pressure remained stable during HV. Concluding, based on results of this study, that the maneuver of HV may be security applied and does not promote cerebral and systemic repercussion in studied patients.Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível SuperiorCálculos da mecânica respiratória, tão importantes para a condução do paciente sob ventilação mecânica (VM), são obtidos com o relaxamento da musculatura respiratória através de sedação, curarização ou breve período de hiperventilação (HV), em que é possível diminuir o drive ventilatório do paciente. Porém, sabe-se que a HV reduz a pressão arterial de dióxido de carbono (PaCO2) e pode levar a alterações do fluxo sanguíneo cerebral (FSC). Com isso, este trabalho se propôs a verificar os efeitos deste breve período de HV na hemodinâmica cerebral, sistêmica e variáveis gasométricas em 15 pacientes sob VM apresentando drive ventilatório, com patologias diversas, exceto patologias cerebrais, internados na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva do Hospital Vita na cidade de Curitiba-PR; sendo 12 pacientes do sexo masculino (80%) e três do sexo feminino (20%), com média de idade de 61,29 (±18,97), sendo oito diagnósticos cirúrgicos e sete clínicos. O protocolo consistia de uma HV breve com aumento de 50% do volume minuto prévio do paciente por dois minutos. A coleta dos dados foi feita antes, no primeiro minuto de HV (HV1), no segundo minuto (HV2) e cinco minutos após o final da manobra. Foram colhidos dados de Velocidade Média (Vm) do FSC e Índice de Pulsatilidade (IP) ao Doppler Transcraniano (DTC) das artérias cerebrais médias (ACMs), dados gasométricos (pH, PaCO2, EtCO2, HCO3, BE, PaO2, SatO2 e SpO2), bem como freqüência cardíaca (FC) e pressão arterial média (PAM). Os dados foram avaliados estatisticamente pelos testes ANOVA, Newman-Keuls e teste não-paramétrico de Wilcoxon. A condição de normalidade dos dados foi avaliada pelo teste de Kolmogorov-Smirnov. Valores de p<0,05 indicaram significância estatística. Como resultados, observou-se que houve uma diminuição da velocidade média (Vm) do FSC das ACMs direita (p=0,18888) e esquerda (p=0,0071), mais evidente no primeiro minuto de HV, estimando uma diminuição do FSC (4,12% e 6,51%, nas ACMs direita e esquerda, respectivamente). Após 5 minutos do final da manobra, encontrou-se retorno da Vm e do FSC aos valores iniciais. Quanto às variáveis gasométricas observou-se que o EtCO2 e PaCO2 alteram com a manobra de HV breve, porém com menores mudanças da PaCO2 em relação à EtCO2. O IP, as demais variáveis gasométricas, a FC e a PAM permaneceram estáveis durante a HV. Conclui-se, portanto, a partir dos dados obtidos neste estudo, que a manobra de HV pode ser realizada de forma segura, sem repercussão hemodinâmica cerebral e sistêmica dos pacientes estudados

The effect of breath physiotherapeutic maneuvers on cerebral hemodynamics: a clinical trial Efeitos das manobras de fisioterapia respiratória na hemodinâmica cerebral: um ensaio clínico

OBJECTIVE: To observe the repercussion of respiratory physiotherapy techniques on the mean arterial pressure (MBP), intracranial pressure (ICP), cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP), jugular venous oxygen pressure (PjvO2) and jugular venous oxygen saturation (SjvO2). METHOD: The sample consisted of 20 patients with head trauma. The protocol consisted of physiotherapy techniques application of vibrocompression (VBC), expiratory flow increase (EFI) and suction. RESULTS: The results show the maintenance on variables of cerebral hemodynamics during the techniques of VBC and EFI. However, in relation to suction, there was an increase of MBP, ICP, with maintenance of CPP, PjvO2 and SjvO2 and return to baseline of MBP and ICP 10 minutes after the end of suction. CONCLUSION: The respiratory physiotherapy techniques (VBC, EFI) do not promote cerebral hemodynamic repercussion, unlike suction, in severe head injury patients, mechanically ventilated, sedated and paralyzed.OBJETIVO: Observar a repercussão das técnicas de fisioterapia respiratória na pressão arterial média (PAM), pressão intracraniana (PIC), pressão de perfusão cerebral (PPC), pressão venosa jugular de oxigênio (PjO2) e saturação venosa jugular de oxigênio (SjO2). MÉTODO: Foram incluídos no estudo 20 pacientes com traumatismo cranioencefálico. O protocolo consistiu na aplicação das manobras fisioterapêuticas de vibrocompressão (VBC), aumento de fluxo expiratório (AFE) e aspiração (ASP). RESULTADOS: Os resultados mostraram a manutenção das variáveis da hemodinâmica cerebral durante as manobras de VBC e AFE. Porém, em relação à ASP, houve uma elevação da PAM e PIC, com manutenção da PPC, PjO2 e SjO2 e retorno aos valores basais da PAM e PIC dez minutos após o final da aspiração. CONCLUSÃO: As manobras de fisioterapia respiratória (VBC, AFE) não promovem alterações sobre a hemodinâmica cerebral, ao contrário da ASP traqueal, em pacientes com traumatismo cranioencefálico grave, em ventilação mecânica, sedados e curarizados

Effect of prophylactic non-invasive mechanical ventilation on functional capacity after heart valve replacement: a clinical trial

OBJECTIVE: During cardiac surgery, several factors contribute to the development of postoperative pulmonary complications. Non-invasive ventilation is a promising therapeutic tool for improving the functionality of this type of patient. The aim of this study is to evaluate the functional capacity and length of stay of patients in a nosocomial intensive care unit who underwent prophylactic non-invasive ventilation after heart valve replacement. METHOD: The study was a controlled clinical trial, comprising 50 individuals of both sexes who were allocated by randomization into two groups with 25 patients in each group: the control group and experimental group. After surgery, the patients were transferred to the intensive care unit and then participated in standard physical therapy, which was provided to the experimental group after 3 applications of non-invasive ventilation within the first 26 hours after extubation. For non-invasive ventilation, the positive pressure was 10 cm H2O, with a duration of 1 hour. The evaluation was performed on the 7th postoperative day/discharge and included a 6-minute walk test. The intensive care unit and hospitalization times were monitored in both groups. Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials (REBeC): RBR number 8bxdd3. RESULTS: Analysis of the 6-minute walk test showed that the control group walked an average distance of 264.34±76 meters and the experimental group walked an average distance of 334.07±71 meters (p=0.002). The intensive care unit and hospitalization times did not differ between the groups. CONCLUSION: Non-invasive ventilation as a therapeutic resource was effective toward improving functionality; however, non-invasive ventilation did not influence the intensive care unit or hospitalization times of the studied cardiac patients