Sigurd Aarrestad1, Elin Tollefsen2, Anne Louise Kleiven3, Magnus Qvarfort3, Jean-Paul Janssens4, Ole Henning Skjønsberg5. 1. Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway; Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Long Term Mechanical Ventilation, Haukeland University Hospital, Norway. Electronic address: UXSIRR@ous-hf.no. 2. Department of Thoracic Medicine, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway; Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. 3. Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway. 4. Division of Pulmonary Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland. 5. Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway; University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is an efficient treatment for patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure (CRF), but requires regular monitoring to detect both diurnal and nocturnal residual hypercapnia. The present study was designed to determine 1) whether transcutaneous PCO2 (PtcCO2) is a valid tool for monitoring PaCO2 in this group of patients, and 2) if overnight instrumental drift of the PtcCO2 sensor is clinically significant. METHODS: Sixty-seven patients with CRF on long term NIV were included. Arterial blood gases (ABG) were sampled from the radial artery during PtcCO2 measurement. PtcCO2 was recorded 2 min after ABG sampling. Instrumental drift was tested by measuring a gas of known CO2 concentration after auto-calibration of the sensor in the evening, and on the following morning. FINDINGS: PaCO2 values ranged from 3.97 kPa to 9.0 kPa. Thirty-six (53%) patients were hypercapnic. Correlation between PaCO2 and PtcCO2 was highly significant (r(2) = 0.9, p < 0.0001), Bias (d) and SD of bias (s) were 0.23 kPa and 0.28 kPa respectively, with a minor underestimation of PaCO2. Limits of agreement (d ± 2s) were; -0.32; 0.79 kPa. None of the paired values of PaCO2/PtcCO2 had a difference exceeding 1 kPa. The mean drift of PtcCO2 was 0.14 ± 0.54 kPa/8 h (p = 0.04; 95% CI: 0.01-0.27). INTERPRETATION: With the device tested, in stable patients under NIV-treatment for CRF, PtcCO2 accurately reflects PaCO2. PtcCO2 can be used to monitor CO2 overnight during NIV without any clinically significant drift. TRIAL REGISTRATION N°: NCT01845233.
BACKGROUND: Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is an efficient treatment for patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure (CRF), but requires regular monitoring to detect both diurnal and nocturnal residual hypercapnia. The present study was designed to determine 1) whether transcutaneous PCO2 (PtcCO2) is a valid tool for monitoring PaCO2 in this group of patients, and 2) if overnight instrumental drift of the PtcCO2 sensor is clinically significant. METHODS: Sixty-seven patients with CRF on long term NIV were included. Arterial blood gases (ABG) were sampled from the radial artery during PtcCO2 measurement. PtcCO2 was recorded 2 min after ABG sampling. Instrumental drift was tested by measuring a gas of known CO2 concentration after auto-calibration of the sensor in the evening, and on the following morning. FINDINGS:PaCO2 values ranged from 3.97 kPa to 9.0 kPa. Thirty-six (53%) patients were hypercapnic. Correlation between PaCO2 and PtcCO2 was highly significant (r(2) = 0.9, p < 0.0001), Bias (d) and SD of bias (s) were 0.23 kPa and 0.28 kPa respectively, with a minor underestimation of PaCO2. Limits of agreement (d ± 2s) were; -0.32; 0.79 kPa. None of the paired values of PaCO2/PtcCO2 had a difference exceeding 1 kPa. The mean drift of PtcCO2 was 0.14 ± 0.54 kPa/8 h (p = 0.04; 95% CI: 0.01-0.27). INTERPRETATION: With the device tested, in stable patients under NIV-treatment for CRF, PtcCO2 accurately reflects PaCO2. PtcCO2 can be used to monitor CO2 overnight during NIV without any clinically significant drift. TRIAL REGISTRATION N°: NCT01845233.
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