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Published in: BMC Anesthesiology 1/2020

Open Access 01-12-2020 | General Anesthesia | Research article

Evaluation of alveolar recruitment maneuver on respiratory resistance during general anesthesia: a prospective observational study

Authors: Junko Nakahira, Shoko Nakano, Toshiaki Minami

Published in: BMC Anesthesiology | Issue 1/2020

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Abstract

Background

Alveolar recruitment maneuvers enable easily reopening nonaerated lung regions via a transient elevation in transpulmonary pressure. To evaluate the effect of these maneuvers on respiratory resistance, we used an oscillatory technique during mechanical ventilation. This study was conducted to assess the effect of the alveolar recruitment maneuvers on respiratory resistance under routine anesthesia. We hypothesized that respiratory resistance at 5 Hz (R5) after the maneuver would be decreased after the lung aeration.

Methods

After receiving the ethics committee’s approval, we enrolled 33 patients who were classified with an American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status of 1, 2 or 3 and were undergoing general anesthesia for transurethral resection of a bladder tumor within a 12-month period from 2017 to 2018. The recruitment maneuver was performed 30 min after endotracheal intubation. The maneuver consisted of sustained manual inflation of the anesthesia reservoir bag to a peak inspiratory pressure of 40 cmH2O for 15 s, including 5 s of gradually increasing the peak inspiratory pressure. Respiratory resistance was measured using the forced oscillation technique before and after the maneuver, and the mean R5 was calculated during the expiratory phase. The respiratory resistance and ventilator parameter results were analyzed using paired Student’s t-tests, and p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Results

We analyzed 31 patients (25 men and 6 women). R5 was 7.3 ± 1.6 cmH2O/L/sec before the recruitment maneuver during mechanical ventilation and was significantly decreased to 6.4 ± 1.7 cmH2O/L/sec after the maneuver. Peak inspiratory pressure and plateau pressure were significantly decreased, and pulmonary compliance was increased, although the values were not clinically relevant.

Conclusion

The recruitment maneuver decreased respiratory resistance and increased lung compliance during mechanical ventilation.

Trial registration

Name of registry: Japan Medical Association Center for Clinical Trials.
Trial registration number: reference JMA-IIA00136.
Date of registration: 2 September 2013.
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Metadata
Title
Evaluation of alveolar recruitment maneuver on respiratory resistance during general anesthesia: a prospective observational study
Authors
Junko Nakahira
Shoko Nakano
Toshiaki Minami
Publication date
01-12-2020
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Anesthesiology / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2253
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-020-01182-9

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