Category: Critical Care
Keywords: APRV, low tidal volume, COVID-19 (PubMed Search)
Posted: 4/5/2022 by Quincy Tran, MD, PhD
(Updated: 8/14/2024)
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During the height of the pandemic, a large proportion of patients who were referred to our center for VV-ECMO evaluation were on Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV). Does this ventilation mode offer any advantage? This new randomized control trial attempted to offer an answer.
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1.Settings: RCT, single center
2. Patients: 90 adults patients with respiratory failure due to COVID-19
3. Intervention: APRV with maximum allowed high pressure of 30 cm H20, at time of 4 seconds. Low pressure was always 0 cm H20, and expiratory time (T-low) at 0.4-0.6 seconds. This T-low time can be adjusted upon analysis of flow-time curve at expiration.
4. Comparison: Low tidal volume (LTV) strategy according to ARDSNet protocol.
5. Outcome: Primary outcome was Ventilator Free Days at 28 days.
6.Study Results:
7.Discussion:
8.Conclusion:
APRV was not associated with more ventilator free days or other outcomes among patients with COVID-19, when compared to Low Tidal Volume strategies in this small RCT.
Ibarra-Estrada MÁ, García-Salas Y, Mireles-Cabodevila E, López-Pulgarín JA, Chávez-Peña Q, García-Salcido R, Mijangos-Méndez JC, Aguirre-Avalos G. Use of Airway Pressure Release Ventilation in Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure Due to COVID-19: Results of a Single-Center Randomized Controlled Trial. Crit Care Med. 2022 Apr 1;50(4):586-594. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005312. PMID: 34593706; PMCID: PMC8923279.