Victoria MacBean1, Caroline J Jolley1, Timothy G Sutton1, Akash Deep2, Anne Greenough1,3, John Moxham1, Gerrard F Rafferty1. 1. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Division of Asthma Allergy and Lung Biology, King's College London, London, UK. 2. Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. 3. National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre based at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London, London, UK.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Parasternal intercostal muscle electromyography (EMGpara) represents a novel tool to assess respiratory load when volitional techniques are not possible. This study examined the application of EMGpara in healthy, wheezy, and critically ill children. METHODS: Surface EMGpara was measured during tidal breathing in 92 healthy children, 20 wheezy preschool children (with measurements repeated following bronchodilator), and 25 mechanically ventilated children during supported ventilation and on continuous positive airways pressure. RESULTS: EMGpara was related to age, height, and weight in the healthy group (r = -0.623, -0.625, -0.641 respectively, all P < 0.0001). An age-based equation for predicted EMGpara was developed and patient data expressed as z-scores. EMGpara was higher in wheezy children prebronchodilator than healthy controls (median interquartile range (IQR) z-score 0.53 (0.07-1.94), P = 0.0073), falling to levels not different to healthy children postbronchodilator (-0.08 (-0.50-1.00)). In the critically ill children, EMGpara was higher (P < 0.0001) than in healthy subjects during both mechanical ventilation (median (IQR) z-score 1.14 (0.33-1.93)) and continuous positive airways pressure (1.88 (0.91-3.03)). CONCLUSION: EMGpara is feasible in children and infants both healthy and diseased, is raised in those with elevated respiratory load, and is responsive to clinical interventions. EMGpara represents a potential method to assess respiratory status in patients conventionally challenging to assess.
BACKGROUND: Parasternal intercostal muscle electromyography (EMGpara) represents a novel tool to assess respiratory load when volitional techniques are not possible. This study examined the application of EMGpara in healthy, wheezy, and critically ill children. METHODS: Surface EMGpara was measured during tidal breathing in 92 healthy children, 20 wheezy preschool children (with measurements repeated following bronchodilator), and 25 mechanically ventilated children during supported ventilation and on continuous positive airways pressure. RESULTS: EMGpara was related to age, height, and weight in the healthy group (r = -0.623, -0.625, -0.641 respectively, all P < 0.0001). An age-based equation for predicted EMGpara was developed and patient data expressed as z-scores. EMGpara was higher in wheezy children prebronchodilator than healthy controls (median interquartile range (IQR) z-score 0.53 (0.07-1.94), P = 0.0073), falling to levels not different to healthy children postbronchodilator (-0.08 (-0.50-1.00)). In the critically ill children, EMGpara was higher (P < 0.0001) than in healthy subjects during both mechanical ventilation (median (IQR) z-score 1.14 (0.33-1.93)) and continuous positive airways pressure (1.88 (0.91-3.03)). CONCLUSION: EMGpara is feasible in children and infants both healthy and diseased, is raised in those with elevated respiratory load, and is responsive to clinical interventions. EMGpara represents a potential method to assess respiratory status in patients conventionally challenging to assess.
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