Evaluation of the levels of auto-PEEP in the patients with acute respiratory failure required mechanical ventilation

ABSTRACT

At the intensive care unit of Bachmai hospital, in 27 patients with acute pulmonary deficiency syndrome of different causes, who were undergone invasive artificial ventilation, auto-PEEP was assessed. Patients with ARDS had got auto-PEEP of 9,15±4cm Hg, with COPD 12±2,8cm H2O, with asthma crisis 20,4±7,2cm H2O. The use of specific chemotherapies and setting PEEP equal to haft of auto-PEEP to treat the patients with ARDS and COPD had minished the value of auto-PEEP to 4,67±3,7cm H2O in ARDS, 7±2,31 in COPD and 9,71± 1,67 in asthma; blood vapor level was improved also