How to minimize mechanical power during controlled mechanical ventilation
Fabry, B.
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High intrapulmonary pressures, large tidal volumes, and elevated respiratory rates during controlled mechanical ventilation can lead to barotrauma, volutrauma, and atelectrauma. Mechanical power - defined as the product of the pressure-volume integral and respiratory rate - consolidates these three risk factors into a single, intuitive parameter. Several studies have demonstrated that higher mechanical power correlates with an increased risk of lung injury and mortality, prompting the suggestion that mechanical power should be minimized. However, under the constraint of maintaining a fixed alveolar minute ventilation and positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP), it remains unclear how to adjust respiratory rate and tidal volume to minimize mechanical power. This study provides an analytical solution to this optimization problem. Accordingly, only the elastic component of mechanical power should be targeted for minimization. Regardless of lung elastance or resistance, or the mode and settings of the ventilator, the elastic power is minimized at a tidal volume equal to twice the anatomic dead space, or approximately 4.4 ml/kg of body weight.
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