BACKGROUND: Prolonged mechanical ventilation, longer hospital stay, and a lower rate of home discharge have been reported with patient-ventilator asynchrony in medical patients. Though commonly encountered, asynchrony is poorly defined within the traumatically injured population. METHODS: Mechanically ventilated trauma patients at an urban, level-1 center were enrolled. Breath waveforms were recorded over 30 min within the first 48 hours following intubation. Asynchronous breaths were defined as ineffective patient triggering, double-triggering, short-cycle breaths, and long-cycle breaths. Asynchronous subjects were defined as having asynchrony in ≥ 10% of total breaths. Demographic, injury, sedation/delirium scores, and clinical and discharge outcomes were prospectively collected. RESULTS: We enrolled 35 subjects: median age 47 y, 77.1% male, 28.6% with penetrating injuries, 16% with a history of COPD, median (IQR) Injury Severity Score 22 (17-27), and median (IQR) chest Abbreviated Injury Scale score 2 (0-6). We analyzed 15,445 breaths. Asynchrony was present in 25.7% of the subjects. No statistical differences between the asynchronous and non-asynchronous subjects were found for age, sex, injury mechanism, COPD history, delirium/sedation scores, PaO2/FIO2, PEEP, blood gas values, or sedative, narcotic, or haloperidol use. Asynchronous subjects more commonly used synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV) (100% vs. 38.5%, P = .002) and took fewer median spontaneous breaths/min: 4 breaths/min (IQR 3-8 breaths/min) vs. 12 breaths/min (IQR 9-14 breaths/min) (P = .007). SIMV with set breathing frequencies of ≥ 10 breaths/min was associated with increased asynchrony rates (85.7% vs. 14.3%, P = .02). We found no difference in ventilator days, ICU or hospital stay, percent discharged home, or mortality between the asynchronous and non-asynchronous subjects. CONCLUSIONS: Ventilator asynchrony is common in trauma patients. It may be associated with SIMV with a set breathing frequency of ≥ 10 breaths/min, though not with longer mechanical ventilation, longer stay, or discharge disposition. (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01049958).
BACKGROUND: Prolonged mechanical ventilation, longer hospital stay, and a lower rate of home discharge have been reported with patient-ventilator asynchrony in medical patients. Though commonly encountered, asynchrony is poorly defined within the traumatically injured population. METHODS: Mechanically ventilated traumapatients at an urban, level-1 center were enrolled. Breath waveforms were recorded over 30 min within the first 48 hours following intubation. Asynchronous breaths were defined as ineffective patient triggering, double-triggering, short-cycle breaths, and long-cycle breaths. Asynchronous subjects were defined as having asynchrony in ≥ 10% of total breaths. Demographic, injury, sedation/delirium scores, and clinical and discharge outcomes were prospectively collected. RESULTS: We enrolled 35 subjects: median age 47 y, 77.1% male, 28.6% with penetrating injuries, 16% with a history of COPD, median (IQR) Injury Severity Score 22 (17-27), and median (IQR) chest Abbreviated Injury Scale score 2 (0-6). We analyzed 15,445 breaths. Asynchrony was present in 25.7% of the subjects. No statistical differences between the asynchronous and non-asynchronous subjects were found for age, sex, injury mechanism, COPD history, delirium/sedation scores, PaO2/FIO2, PEEP, blood gas values, or sedative, narcotic, or haloperidol use. Asynchronous subjects more commonly used synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV) (100% vs. 38.5%, P = .002) and took fewer median spontaneous breaths/min: 4 breaths/min (IQR 3-8 breaths/min) vs. 12 breaths/min (IQR 9-14 breaths/min) (P = .007). SIMV with set breathing frequencies of ≥ 10 breaths/min was associated with increased asynchrony rates (85.7% vs. 14.3%, P = .02). We found no difference in ventilator days, ICU or hospital stay, percent discharged home, or mortality between the asynchronous and non-asynchronous subjects. CONCLUSIONS: Ventilator asynchrony is common in traumapatients. It may be associated with SIMV with a set breathing frequency of ≥ 10 breaths/min, though not with longer mechanical ventilation, longer stay, or discharge disposition. (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01049958).
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