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Rationale: There are several approaches to select the optimal positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP), resulting in different PEEP levels. The impact of different PEEP settings may extend beyond respiratory mechanics, affecting pulmonary hemodynamics.
Objectives: To compare PEEP levels obtained with three titration strategies-(i) highest respiratory system compliance (C), (ii) electrical impedance tomography (EIT) crossing point; (iii) positive end-expiratory transpulmonary pressure (P)-in terms of regional respiratory mechanics and pulmonary hemodynamics.
Methods: Experimental studies in two porcine models of acute lung injury: (I) bilateral injury induced in both lungs, generating a highly recruitable model (n = 37); (II) asymmetrical injury, generating a poorly recruitable model (n = 13). In all experiments, a decremental PEEP titration was performed monitoring P, EIT (collapse, overdistention, and regional ventilation), respiratory mechanics, and pulmonary and systemic hemodynamics.
Measurements And Main Results: PEEP titration methods resulted in different levels of median optimal PEEP in bilateral lung injury: 14(12-14) cmHO for C, 11(10-12) cmHO for EIT, and 8(8-10) cmHO for P, p < 0.001. Differences were less pronounced in asymmetrical lung injury. PEEP had a quadratic U-shape relationship with pulmonary artery pressure (R = 0.94, p < 0.001), right-ventricular systolic transmural pressure, and pulmonary vascular resistance. Minimum values of pulmonary vascular resistance were found around individualized PEEP, when ventilation distribution and pulmonary circulation were simultaneously optimized.
Conclusions: In porcine models of acute lung injury with variable lung recruitability, both low and high levels of PEEP can impair pulmonary hemodynamics. Optimized ventilation and hemodynamics can be obtained simultaneously at PEEP levels individualized based on respiratory mechanics, especially by EIT and esophageal pressure.
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