Continuous assessment of neuro-ventilatory drive during 12 h of pressure support ventilation in critically ill patients.

Rosa Di MussiSavino SpadaroCarlo Alberto VoltaNicola BartolomeoPaolo TrerotoliFrancesco StaffieriLuigi PisaniRachele IannuzzielloLidia DalfinoFrancesco MurgoloSalvatore Grasso

Published in: Critical care (London, England) (2020)

We observed wide variations in EAdi amplitude and unevenly distributed "Low" and "High" neuro ventilatory drive periods during 12 h of PSV in critically ill patients. Further studies are needed to assess the possible clinical implications of our physiological findings.

Keyphrases

respiratory failure
case control
mechanical ventilation
resting state
intensive care unit
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation