scholarly journals The clinical effects of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in the treatment of neonatal severe meconium aspiration syndrome complicated with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guang Yang ◽  
Yunxia Qiao ◽  
Xinxin Sun ◽  
Tiandan Yang ◽  
Aiying Lv ◽  
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Abstract Objective To explore the efficacy and safety of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) in the treatment of severe meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) complicated with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Methods A total of 65 infants with severe MAS complicated with severe ARDS were included in the study. The clinical efficacy of treatment for the HFOV group (n = 31) and the conventional mechanical ventilation (CMV) group (n = 34) was retrospectively analysed. The partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2), partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2), PaO2/fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2), and oxygen index values before and at 6, 12, 24, 48, and 72 h after mechanical ventilation, the mechanical ventilation time, oxygen inhalation time, incidence of complications, and outcomes of the two groups were compared. Results At 6, 12, 24, and 48 h after mechanical ventilation, the PaO2 in the HFOV group was significantly higher than in the CMV group, while the PaCO2 in the HFOV group was significantly lower than in the CMV group (P < 0.05). At 6, 12, 24, 48, and 72 h after mechanical ventilation, PaO2/FiO2 in the HFOV group was significantly higher than in the CMV group, and the OI in the HFOV group was significantly lower than in the CMV group (P < 0.05). Mechanical ventilation time, oxygen inhalation time, and the incidence of air leakage were significantly lower in the HFOV than in the CMV group (P < 0.05). Conclusions Overall, HFOV can effectively improve lung ventilation and oxygenation function, shorten ventilator treatment time, and reduce the incidence rate of air leakage for neonatal MAS, making it a safe and effective treatment option.

2006 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 229-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesse Ford

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a technique for providing life support to patients with cardiac and/or respiratory dysfunction, allows the heart and lungs to “rest.” The neonatal respiratory population has been a major benefactor of ECMO since 1982. Its use for neonatal respiratory disease increased dramatically until the past few years, when the number of neonatal respiratory ECMO cases began a downward trend. Fewer patients with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN), meconium aspiration syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome, or sepsis are requiring ECMO support as frequently as in the past. Many attribute this decline to the newer respiratory therapies—mainly, surfactant, high-frequency oscillatory ventilation, and inhaled nitric oxide. Neonates who continue to require ECMO today are sicker than the historic norm and have more complicated and lengthy ECMO runs. Patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia, PPHN, and sepsis remain the most consistent in their representation among ECMO recipients within this author’s institution, suggesting that the newer respiratory therapies have not had the same impact on these patients’ needs for ECMO support. Better guidelines for determining which patients would benefit from earlier inititation of ECMO are needed.


Neonatology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Xingwang Zhu ◽  
Zhichun Feng ◽  
Chengjun Liu ◽  
Liping Shi ◽  
Yuan Shi ◽  
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<b><i>Objective:</i></b> To determine whether nasal high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (NHFOV) as a primary mode of respiratory support as compared with nasal continuous airway pressure (NCPAP) will reduce the need for invasive mechanical ventilation in preterm infants (26<sup>0/7</sup>–33<sup>6/7</sup> weeks of gestational age [GA]) with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). <b><i>Methods:</i></b> This multicenter randomized controlled trial was conducted in 18 tertiary neonatal intensive care units in China. A total of 302 preterm infants born at a GA of 26<sup>0/7</sup>–33<sup>6/7</sup> weeks with a diagnosis of RDS were randomly assigned to either the NCPAP (<i>n</i> = 150) or the NHFOV (<i>n</i> = 152) group. The primary outcome was the need for invasive mechanical ventilation during the first 7 days after birth. <b><i>Results:</i></b> Treatment failure occurred in 15 of 152 infants (9.9%) in the ­NHFOV group and in 26 of 150 infants (17.3%) in the NCPAP group (95% CI of risk difference: −15.2 to 0.4, <i>p =</i> 0.06). In the subgroup analysis, NHFOV resulted in a significantly lower rate of treatment failure than did NCPAP in the strata of 26<sup>+0/7</sup>–29<sup>+6/7</sup>weeks of GA (11.9 vs. 32.4%, 95% CI of risk difference: −39.3 to −1.7, <i>p =</i> 0.03) and birth weight &#x3c;1,500 g (10.4 vs. 29.6%, 95% CI of risk difference: −33.8 to −4.6, <i>p =</i> 0.01). The rate of thick secretions causing an airway obstruction was higher in the NHFOV group than in the NCPAP group (13.8 vs. 5.3%, 95% CI of risk difference: 1.9–15.1, <i>p =</i> 0.01). No significant differences in other secondary outcomes were found between the NHFOV and NCPAP groups. <b><i>Conclusions:</i></b> NHFOV was not superior to NCPAP with regard to the primary outcome when applied as the primary respiratory support for RDS in infants between 26<sup>+0/7</sup> and 33<sup>+6/7</sup> weeks of GA. In the subgroup analysis, NHFOV seemed to improve effectiveness than NCPAP in preterm infants &#x3c;30 weeks of GA.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Rong Zheng ◽  
Yu-Qing Lei ◽  
Jian-Feng Liu ◽  
Hong-Lin Wu ◽  
Ning Xu ◽  
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Background: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of pulmonary surfactant (PS) combined with high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) or conventional mechanical ventilation (CMV) in infants with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) after congenital cardiac surgery.Methods: A total of 61 infants with ARDS were eligible and were randomised to the CMV + PS group (n = 30) or the HFOV + PS group (n = 31) between January 2020 and December 2020. The primary outcomes were the changes in arterial blood gas parameters. The duration of mechanical ventilation, length of hospitalisation and the incidence of complications were considered secondary outcomes.Results: A total of 61 infants completed the study. In the HFOV + PS group, the blood gas analysis results were significantly improved (P &lt; 0.05), while the duration of mechanical ventilation and length of hospitalisation were shorter than the CMV + PS group (P &lt; 0.05). However, the incidence of complications was not different between the two groups (P &gt; 0.05).Conclusions: Compared with the CMV + PS group, the HFOV + PS group showed significantly improved ABG variables and had a shortened length of hospitalisation and mechanical ventilation in infants with ARDS after cardiac surgery.Clinical Trial Registration: Chinese Clinical Trial Registry; Number: ChiCTR2000039457.


2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (23) ◽  
pp. 1-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ranjit Lall ◽  
Patrick Hamilton ◽  
Duncan Young ◽  
Claire Hulme ◽  
Peter Hall ◽  
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BackgroundPatients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) require artificial ventilation but this treatment may produce secondary lung damage. High-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) may reduce this damage.ObjectivesTo determine the clinical benefit and cost-effectiveness of HFOV in patients with ARDS compared with standard mechanical ventilation.DesignA parallel, randomised, unblinded clinical trial.SettingUK intensive care units.ParticipantsMechanically ventilated patients with a partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood/fractional concentration of inspired oxygen (P : F) ratio of 26.7 kPa (200 mmHg) or less and an expected duration of ventilation of at least 2 days at recruitment.InterventionsTreatment arm HFOV using a Novalung R100®ventilator (Metran Co. Ltd, Saitama, Japan) ventilator until the start of weaning.Control arm Conventional mechanical ventilation using the devices available in the participating centres.Main outcome measuresThe primary clinical outcome was all-cause mortality at 30 days after randomisation. The primary health economic outcome was the cost per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) gained.ResultsOne hundred and sixty-six of 398 patients (41.7%) randomised to the HFOV group and 163 of 397 patients (41.1%) randomised to the conventional mechanical ventilation group died within 30 days of randomisation (p = 0.85), for an absolute difference of 0.6% [95% confidence interval (CI) −6.1% to 7.5%]. After adjustment for study centre, sex, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score, and the initial P : F ratio, the odds ratio for survival in the conventional ventilation group was 1.03 (95% CI 0.75 to 1.40;p = 0.87 logistic regression). Survival analysis showed no difference in the probability of survival up to 12 months after randomisation. The average QALY at 1 year in the HFOV group was 0.302 compared to 0.246. This gives an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) for the cost to society per QALY of £88,790 and an ICER for the cost to the NHS per QALY of £78,260.ConclusionsThe use of HFOV had no effect on 30-day mortality in adult patients undergoing mechanical ventilation for ARDS and no economic advantage. We suggest that further research into avoiding ventilator-induced lung injury should concentrate on ventilatory strategies other than HFOV.Trial registrationCurrent Controlled Trials ISRCTN10416500.FundingThis project was funded by the NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme and will be published in full inHealth Technology Assessment; Vol. 19, No. 23. See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information.


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