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Hemodynamic behavior in a randomized trial of intensive alveolar recruitment after cardiac surgery
Critical Care volume 19, Article number: P194 (2015)
Introduction
The potential benefits of a protocol of intensive alveolar recruitment may be outweighed by its detrimental effects in hemodynamic stability after cardiac surgery. The aim of this study was to analyze the hemodynamic behavior of patients included in a trial of intensive alveolar recruitment after cardiac surgery.
Methods
In this randomized trial, we assigned adult patients with PaO2/ FIO2 <250 at a PEEP of 5 cmH2O to either intensive alveolar recruitment or a standard protocol, both using low-tidal volume ventilation (6 ml/ kg/ibw) after adequate volemia status. Our hypothesis was that an intensive alveolar recruitment protocol with controlled pressure of 15 cmH2O and PEEP of 30 cmH2O during 1 minute, repeated three times at 1-minute intervals between each maneuver, would not cause hemodynamic instability.
Results
In total, 163 patients were included in the standard and 157 in the intensive group. Patients of the intensive group had a significant reduction of the MAP at T1, T2 and T3 (1 hour, 2 hours and 3 hours of the protocol), returning to baseline after T4 (Figure 1). No patients had severe hypotension (MAP <65 mmHg) and the study was not stopped in any case. The length of the hospital stay was shorter among patients in the intensive group (10.9 (9.9 to 11.9) vs. 12.4 days (11.3 to 13.6); P = 0.045).
Conclusion
An intensive alveolar recruitment protocol did not result in hemodynamic instability in hypoxemic patients after cardiac surgery (NCT01502332).
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Leme, A., Amato, M., Osawa, E. et al. Hemodynamic behavior in a randomized trial of intensive alveolar recruitment after cardiac surgery. Crit Care 19 (Suppl 1), P194 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/cc14274
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