The airway pressure release ventilation (APRV)-based time controlled adaptive ventilation (TCAV) protocol can potentially minimize ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI). Inspiratory pressure rise time (IPRT) is a parameter available in pressure-controlled ventilation modes, yet its role within TCAV remains unclear. We hypothesized that varying IPRTs impact lung emptying and associated ventilatory parameters (driving pressure [ΔP], intrinsic PEEP [PEEPi], exhaled tidal volume [VTe]).
Methods:
This single-center, prospective exploratory study included 10 intubated subjects ventilated utilizing the TCAV protocol. Subjects underwent consecutive experimental trials with IPRTs of 500 and 1,000 ms, each preceded by a baseline (BL) with an IPRT of 0 ms. Analyzed parameters were ventilator-derived ΔP (ΔPvent), PEEPi, and VTe. Elastance (ERS = ΔPvent/VTe) and elastance-derived ΔP (ΔPelast = ERS × VTe) were calculated. End-expiratory lung volume (EELV) and end-inspiratory lung volume were assessed through electrical impedance tomography (EIT).
Results:
Prolonged IPRT increased ΔPelast compared with ΔPvent in each baseline/trial combination (ΔPvent 13.5 ± 1.5 cm H2O vs ΔPelast 18.4 ± 2.7 cm H2O at 1,000 ms IPRT, P < .001) through a loss of PEEPi. Conventional PEEPi measurements did not detect these changes. The EIT data showed a reduction in EELV during the trials.
Conclusions:
IPRT prolongation under TCAV reduced EELV/PEEPi, therefore increasing ΔP. Conventional PEEPi measurement methods are misleading in this context. We therefore suggest adding the recommendation to set IPRT to 0 ms for the TCAV protocol.
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