INTRODUÇÃO: O primeiro passo na presença de derrame pleural maligno é a aspiração terapêutica do líquido para alívio dos sintomas e avaliar indicação de pleurodese. Infelizmente, em seres humanos a re-aeração e re- ventilação pulmonar após a retirada de líquido pleural foi avaliada apenas indiretamente. A tomografia de impedância elétrica (TIE) é uma técnica precisa que já foi extensivamente validada para quantificar aeração e ventilação pulmonar em tempo real e à beira-leito. O conhecimento das alterações em aeração e ventilação pulmonar após a retirada do líquido pleural é essencial para a compreensão da evolução clínica, objetivando novos esquemas de pleurodese e novos indicadores de reexpansão pulmonar. OBJETIVOS: Avaliar a aeração, ventilação e sincronia ventilatória antes e durante a primeira hora após a aspiração de um derrame pleural maligno. Objetivos secundários: correlacionar a re-aeração com variáveis que pudessem influenciá-la. Métodos: Critérios de inclusão: derrame pleural unilateral com necessidade de aspiração terapêutica e superior a 500 mL. Os sinais e imagens da TIE foram adquiridos em seis períodos diferentes: antes da aspiração pleural, imediatamente, 15, 30, 45 e 60 minutos após a aspiração. A re-aeração foi avaliada pela variação no valor da impedância (Z) ao final de uma expiração relaxada, enquanto a re-ventilação foi avaliada através da variação da impedância no volume corrente. Também medimos a sincronia entre os pulmões usando o ângulo de fase. Finalmente, correlacionamos à re-aeração final com o volume retirado, ângulo de fase inicial e elastância pleural. O pulmão afetado pelo derrame foi nomeado como ipsilateral e o não afetado como contralateral. RESULTADOS: Foram incluídos 22 pacientes. O volume médio aspirado foi 1438 ml. No pulmão ipsilateral, a média no final da expiração valor Z aumentou para 173,5 ± 122,3, imediatamente após a aspiração pleural (p <0,001), e a análise individual revelou que todos os pacientes ganharam re-aeracão pulmonar imediatamente, sem mais re-aerações após. O mesmo comportamento, mas com uma menor magnitude foi encontrado no pulmão contralateral. Na avaliação da re-ventilação, os pulmões ipsilateral e contralateral mostraram resultados heterogêneos, alguns aumentaram a ventilação, outros diminuíram ou mantiveram-na inalterada. Antes da aspiração pleural, a média do ângulo de fase foi de 93 ± 71 graus e diminuiu para 20 ± 30 graus, imediatamente após a aspiração pleural (p <0,001), sem outras alterações após. A re-aeração final correlacionou-se apenas com o volume de derrame aspirado (R2 = 0,49, p <0,01). CONCLUSÃO: Após a aspiração de derrame pleural unilateral neoplásico em pulmões não encarcerados, a re-aeração pulmonar ocorre imediatamente nos pulmões ipisilateral e contralateral, sem mais re-aeração durante a hora seguinte. As mudanças na re-ventilação mostram altas variações individuais. Há uma assincronia ventilatória entre os pulmões, que é imediatamente revertida pela aspiração pleural. A única variável correlacionada com a re-aeração do pulmão afetado é o volume de derrame drenado / INTRODUCTION: The first procedure in the management of a malignant pleural effusion is a therapeutic pleural aspiration to relieve symptoms and assess pleurodesis indication. Unfortunately, in humans the pulmonary re- aeration and re-ventilation after a pleural aspiration was evaluated only indirectly. Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is an accurate, non- invasive and bedside method that has been extensively validated to quantify lung ventilation and aeration. The knowledge of changes in lung aeration and ventilation after a therapeutic pleural aspiration is essential to understand the clinical course, to propose new lung reexpansion predictors and pleurodesis schemas. OBJECTIVE: To measure the lung re-aeration, re-ventilation and ventilatory synchrony before and over the first hour after a therapeutic pleural aspiration for a malignant pleural effusion. As secondary objectives we correlate the lung re-aeration with variables that could influence them. METHODS: The inclusion criteria were the need of a therapeutic pleural aspiration of a unilateral effusion over 500 mL. EIT signals and images were acquired in six different periods: before the pleural aspiration, immediately and 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes after the aspiration. The re-aeration was evaluated through the change in the end-expiratory lung impedance (Z), while the re-ventilation was evaluated through the change in tidal impedance. We also measure the ventilator synchrony between lungs using the phase angle. Finally we correlated the final re-aeration with the effusion volume drained, pleural elastances and baseline phase angle. The lung affected by the effusion was nominated as ipsilateral and the non-affected as contralateral. RESULTS: We included 22 patients. The mean volume of aspirated effusion was 1438 ml. In the ipsilateral lung, the mean end- expiratory Z value increased to 173.5 ± 122.3 immediately after the pleural aspiration (p < 0.001) and the individual analysis revealed that all patients re- aerated the lung immediately without further re-aeration thereafter. The same behavior but with a lower magnitude was found in the contralateral lung. The ipsilateral and contralateral lung re-ventilation showed heterogeneous results with patients increasing the ventilation, while others decreased or kept the ventilation unchanged. Before the pleural aspiration, the mean phase angle was 93 ± 71 degrees and decreased to 20 ± 30 degrees immediately after the pleural aspiration (p < 0.001), without further changes thereafter. The final re-aeration only correlated to the volume of effusion aspirated (R2 = 0.49; p < 0.01). CONCLUSION: In untrapped lungs, a pleural aspiration of a unilateral malignant pleural effusion causes an immediate re-aeration of the lung affected by the effusion and even of the contralateral lung, without further re-aeration over the next hour. The changes in ventilations show high individual variations. There is a ventilatory asynchrony between lungs that is immediately reversed by the aspiration. The only variable correlated to re- aeration of the affected lung is the effusion volume drained

INTRODUÇÃO: O primeiro passo na presença de derrame pleural maligno é a aspiração terapêutica do líquido para alívio dos sintomas e avaliar indicação de pleurodese. Infelizmente, em seres humanos a re-aeração e re- ventilação pulmonar após a retirada de líquido pleural foi avaliada apenas indiretamente. A tomografia de impedância elétrica (TIE) é uma técnica precisa que já foi extensivamente validada para quantificar aeração e ventilação pulmonar em tempo real e à beira-leito. O conhecimento das alterações em aeração e ventilação pulmonar após a retirada do líquido pleural é essencial para a compreensão da evolução clínica, objetivando novos esquemas de pleurodese e novos indicadores de reexpansão pulmonar. OBJETIVOS: Avaliar a aeração, ventilação e sincronia ventilatória antes e durante a primeira hora após a aspiração de um derrame pleural maligno. Objetivos secundários: correlacionar a re-aeração com variáveis que pudessem influenciá-la. Métodos: Critérios de inclusão: derrame pleural unilateral com necessidade de aspiração terapêutica e superior a 500 mL. Os sinais e imagens da TIE foram adquiridos em seis períodos diferentes: antes da aspiração pleural, imediatamente, 15, 30, 45 e 60 minutos após a aspiração. A re-aeração foi avaliada pela variação no valor da impedância (Z) ao final de uma expiração relaxada, enquanto a re-ventilação foi avaliada através da variação da impedância no volume corrente. Também medimos a sincronia entre os pulmões usando o ângulo de fase. Finalmente, correlacionamos à re-aeração final com o volume retirado, ângulo de fase inicial e elastância pleural. O pulmão afetado pelo derrame foi nomeado como ipsilateral e o não afetado como contralateral. RESULTADOS: Foram incluídos 22 pacientes. O volume médio aspirado foi 1438 ml. No pulmão ipsilateral, a média no final da expiração valor Z aumentou para 173,5 ± 122,3, imediatamente após a aspiração pleural (p <0,001), e a análise individual revelou que todos os pacientes ganharam re-aeracão pulmonar imediatamente, sem mais re-aerações após. O mesmo comportamento, mas com uma menor magnitude foi encontrado no pulmão contralateral. Na avaliação da re-ventilação, os pulmões ipsilateral e contralateral mostraram resultados heterogêneos, alguns aumentaram a ventilação, outros diminuíram ou mantiveram-na inalterada. Antes da aspiração pleural, a média do ângulo de fase foi de 93 ± 71 graus e diminuiu para 20 ± 30 graus, imediatamente após a aspiração pleural (p <0,001), sem outras alterações após. A re-aeração final correlacionou-se apenas com o volume de derrame aspirado (R2 = 0,49, p <0,01). CONCLUSÃO: Após a aspiração de derrame pleural unilateral neoplásico em pulmões não encarcerados, a re-aeração pulmonar ocorre imediatamente nos pulmões ipisilateral e contralateral, sem mais re-aeração durante a hora seguinte. As mudanças na re-ventilação mostram altas variações individuais. Há uma assincronia ventilatória entre os pulmões, que é imediatamente revertida pela aspiração pleural. A única variável correlacionada com a re-aeração do pulmão afetado é o volume de derrame drenado / INTRODUCTION: The first procedure in the management of a malignant pleural effusion is a therapeutic pleural aspiration to relieve symptoms and assess pleurodesis indication. Unfortunately, in humans the pulmonary re- aeration and re-ventilation after a pleural aspiration was evaluated only indirectly. Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is an accurate, non- invasive and bedside method that has been extensively validated to quantify lung ventilation and aeration. The knowledge of changes in lung aeration and ventilation after a therapeutic pleural aspiration is essential to understand the clinical course, to propose new lung reexpansion predictors and pleurodesis schemas. OBJECTIVE: To measure the lung re-aeration, re-ventilation and ventilatory synchrony before and over the first hour after a therapeutic pleural aspiration for a malignant pleural effusion. As secondary objectives we correlate the lung re-aeration with variables that could influence them. METHODS: The inclusion criteria were the need of a therapeutic pleural aspiration of a unilateral effusion over 500 mL. EIT signals and images were acquired in six different periods: before the pleural aspiration, immediately and 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes after the aspiration. The re-aeration was evaluated through the change in the end-expiratory lung impedance (Z), while the re-ventilation was evaluated through the change in tidal impedance. We also measure the ventilator synchrony between lungs using the phase angle. Finally we correlated the final re-aeration with the effusion volume drained, pleural elastances and baseline phase angle. The lung affected by the effusion was nominated as ipsilateral and the non-affected as contralateral. RESULTS: We included 22 patients. The mean volume of aspirated effusion was 1438 ml. In the ipsilateral lung, the mean end- expiratory Z value increased to 173.5 ± 122.3 immediately after the pleural aspiration (p < 0.001) and the individual analysis revealed that all patients re- aerated the lung immediately without further re-aeration thereafter. The same behavior but with a lower magnitude was found in the contralateral lung. The ipsilateral and contralateral lung re-ventilation showed heterogeneous results with patients increasing the ventilation, while others decreased or kept the ventilation unchanged. Before the pleural aspiration, the mean phase angle was 93 ± 71 degrees and decreased to 20 ± 30 degrees immediately after the pleural aspiration (p < 0.001), without further changes thereafter. The final re-aeration only correlated to the volume of effusion aspirated (R2 = 0.49; p < 0.01). CONCLUSION: In untrapped lungs, a pleural aspiration of a unilateral malignant pleural effusion causes an immediate re-aeration of the lung affected by the effusion and even of the contralateral lung, without further re-aeration over the next hour. The changes in ventilations show high individual variations. There is a ventilatory asynchrony between lungs that is immediately reversed by the aspiration. The only variable correlated to re- aeration of the affected lung is the effusion volume drained

<p>Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) appears to affect up to 5% of the population. The extent to what pulmonary function awake and during sleep relates to obstructive breathing and hypoxemia during sleep in these patients is unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate respiratory function in patients with varying degree of snoring and OSA and to analyse regional lung aeration during sleep.</p><p>In all, 35 healthy subjects and 90 patients with snoring and OSA were studied. The ventilatory response to CO₂ (VRCO₂) was measured. Lung function tests were performed. A technique based on computed tomography was developed to study lung aeration during sleep.</p><p>Patients with OSA displayed a higher VRCO₂ in comparison to healthy subjects and snorers (p<0.01). Increased closing volume and reduced expiratory reserve volume (ERV) were found in patients with OSA (p<0.001). In a multiple regression analysis, ERV was an independent predictor of nocturnal apnea (R²=0.13; p=0.001) and desaturation frequency (R²=0.11; p<0.01). In both healthy subjects and OSA patients, lung aeration was reduced during sleep by 0.10 ml gas/g tissue in the dorsal lung region (p<0.05 and p<0.01). OSA patients had a significantly lower gas/tissue ratio in comparison to healthy subjects both awake (-23%; p<0.04) and during sleep (-25%; p<0.04). In a univariate analysis, functional residual capacity (FRC) correlated with the change in lung aeration from wakefulness to sleep (r=-0.78; p<0.001). In patients with OSA, ERV (r=-0.69; p<0.05) and sleep time (r=0.69; p<0.05) correlated with the fall in lung aeration. </p><p>In conclusion, patients with OSA display an increased ventilatory response to CO₂, reduced ERV and increased closing volume. ERV predicts nocturnal apnea and desaturation frequency to a similar extent as obesity. Lung aeration is reduced in the dorsal region during sleep and patients with OSA display a lower amount of gas in comparison to healthy subjects. Decrease in lung volumes, promoting airway closure, and loss of muscle tone contributed to the altered lung function during sleep.</p>

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) appears to affect up to 5% of the population. The extent to what pulmonary function awake and during sleep relates to obstructive breathing and hypoxemia during sleep in these patients is unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate respiratory function in patients with varying degree of snoring and OSA and to analyse regional lung aeration during sleep. In all, 35 healthy subjects and 90 patients with snoring and OSA were studied. The ventilatory response to CO2 (VRCO2) was measured. Lung function tests were performed. A technique based on computed tomography was developed to study lung aeration during sleep. Patients with OSA displayed a higher VRCO2 in comparison to healthy subjects and snorers (p&lt;0.01). Increased closing volume and reduced expiratory reserve volume (ERV) were found in patients with OSA (p&lt;0.001). In a multiple regression analysis, ERV was an independent predictor of nocturnal apnea (R2=0.13; p=0.001) and desaturation frequency (R2=0.11; p&lt;0.01). In both healthy subjects and OSA patients, lung aeration was reduced during sleep by 0.10 ml gas/g tissue in the dorsal lung region (p&lt;0.05 and p&lt;0.01). OSA patients had a significantly lower gas/tissue ratio in comparison to healthy subjects both awake (-23%; p&lt;0.04) and during sleep (-25%; p&lt;0.04). In a univariate analysis, functional residual capacity (FRC) correlated with the change in lung aeration from wakefulness to sleep (r=-0.78; p&lt;0.001). In patients with OSA, ERV (r=-0.69; p&lt;0.05) and sleep time (r=0.69; p&lt;0.05) correlated with the fall in lung aeration. In conclusion, patients with OSA display an increased ventilatory response to CO2, reduced ERV and increased closing volume. ERV predicts nocturnal apnea and desaturation frequency to a similar extent as obesity. Lung aeration is reduced in the dorsal region during sleep and patients with OSA display a lower amount of gas in comparison to healthy subjects. Decrease in lung volumes, promoting airway closure, and loss of muscle tone contributed to the altered lung function during sleep.

Submitted by Fabio Sobreira Campos da Costa (fabio.sobreira@ufpe.br) on 2017-02-15T13:58:43Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Dissertação_Caio_Morais_UFPE_biblccs_v4_07.pdf: 2958381 bytes, checksum: 1504e0cbe3d131daab3b28990bf82f6d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-02-15T13:58:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Dissertação_Caio_Morais_UFPE_biblccs_v4_07.pdf: 2958381 bytes, checksum: 1504e0cbe3d131daab3b28990bf82f6d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-06 / FACEPE / A sobrevivência de pacientes com lesões no sistema nervoso central é geralmente acompanhada de sequelas físicas e mentais, que favorecem a restrição prolongada ao leito, e podem prejudicar a função pulmonar. As técnicas de Breath stacking (BS) e Pressão Expiratória Positiva nas Vias Aéreas (EPAP) têm sido usadas como rotina terapêutica para evitar o surgimento de complicações respiratórias. No entanto, existe uma lacuna na descrição fisiológica dessas técnicas e no efeito sobre a expansão pulmonar (ganho de aeração) em pacientes não cooperativos com restrição prolongada ao leito. Esta dissertação apresenta dois artigos originais. O primeiro foi um estudo fisiológico que objetivou descrever o comportamento da distribuição do fluxo de ar dentro dos pulmões, através da tomografia de impedância elétrica (TIE), durante as técnicas de BS e EPAP em 10 pacientes não cooperativos e em 10 indivíduos saudáveis. Foi observada a transferência do fluxo de ar entre as regiões ventral e dorsal durante as técnicas apenas no grupo de pacientes não cooperativos. Os períodos com a inversão da direção do fluxo aéreo ocorreram na ausência de variações significativas do volume corrente, sugerindo a existência do fenômeno “pendelluft”. O segundo estudo foi um ensaio clínico randomizado do tipo crossover que comparou o efeito agudo do BS e do EPAP na aeração pulmonar regional através da TIE, e a duração do efeito terapêutico de expansão pulmonar. Observou-se que a aeração do pulmão aumentou significativamente em comparação com os valores basais durante a EPAP e BS (ANOVA two-way e teste post hoc de Sidak, p <0,001). No entanto, os efeitos sobre a expansão de pulmão foram mantidos durante um curto período de tempo, 4,6 ± 3,7 minutos e 2,3 ± 2,0 minutos para EPAP e BS, respectivamente. Concluímos que durante as técnicas BS e EPAP houve a presença do fenômeno “pendelluft” no grupo de pacientes não cooperativos. Essas técnicas geraram mudanças significativas nos volumes pulmonares, contudo, não duráveis. A existência de contração abdominal pode ter minimizado o efeito de expansão pulmonar proposto por estas técnicas. / The survival of patients with lesions in the central nervous system is usually accompanied by physical and mental sequelae. These impairments favor the prolonged restriction to the bed, which may contribute with changes in respiratory function. Breath Stacking (BS) and Expiratory Positive Airway Pressure (EPAP) have been used as a prophylaxis routine to prevent respiratory complications. However, there is a gap in the physiological description and in the effect on lung aeration in non-cooperative patients with prolonged bed rest. This master's thesis presents two articles. The first was a physiological study that aimed to describe the physiological behavior of airflow displacement into the lung, using electrical impedance tomography (EIT), during BS and EPAP techniques in 10 non-cooperative patients and in 10 health subjects. It was observed an airflow shift between ventral and dorsal regions during BS and EPAP techniques in the non-cooperative group. The ventilatory tracings showed that all periods with reversing of the airflow direction occurred in the absence of significant variations in VT and flow, suggesting the existence of pendelluft phenomenon. The second study was a randomized crossover study trial that compared the acute effect of BS and EPAP on the regional lung aeration by EIT, measured the duration of the therapeutic effect of lung expansion and evaluated the influence of these techniques on cardiorespiratory system. It was observed that lung aeration increased significantly in comparison with baseline during EPAP and BS (2-way ANOVA and Sidak post hoc, all P < 0.001). However, the effects on lung expansion were kept for a short time, 4.6 ± 3.7 minutes and 2.3 ± 2.0 minutes for EPAP and BS, respectively. There were no clinically significant differences on cardiorespiratory variables. We conclude that there was a presence of the pendelluft phenomenon during BS and EPAP in non-cooperative patients, and these techniques generated a significant change on lung volumes, but not durable. The existence of expiratory muscle contraction may have minimized the effect of lung expansion proposed by these techniques.

Orientadores: Ilka de Fátima Santana Ferreira Boin, Sebastião Araújo / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-15T23:52:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sasseron_AnaBeatriz_M.pdf: 872264 bytes, checksum: 6bc1e73ee6b6ee241a3baa5d4991e69f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: Antecedentes: A fisioterapia pré-operatória em cirurgia cardíaca (CC) visa amenizar a disfunção respiratória e prevenir ou tratar complicações pulmonares comuns no período pós-operatório (PO). Objetivos: Avaliar a influência da fisioterapia respiratória pré-operatória e a intensidade da dor pós-operatória referida em determinadas variáveis utilizadas para a mensuração da função respiratória em pacientes submetidos à CC eletiva com circulação extracorpórea (CEC). Desenho: Pesquisa prospectiva, de coorte longitudinal, por amostra de conveniência. Local: Hospital da Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Araras. Período: Agosto a dezembro de 2007. Método: Foram estudados 35 pacientes. As variáveis que avaliaram a função respiratória: força muscular respiratória, volume corrente (VC), volume minuto (VM), frequência respiratória (FR) e capacidade vital (CV) foram obtidas nos momentos: pré-operatório (PRE-OP) e PO (1°, 3° e 5°PO). A dor PO referida foi correlacionada com a disfunção respiratória. Baseado na mediana do número de sessões de fisioterapia PRE-OP realizadas, os pacientes foram divididos em Grupo 1 (pacientes que realizaram menor número de sessões) e Grupo 2 (pacientes que realizaram maior número de sessões). Os pacientes seguiram a rotina de atendimento fisioterapêutico local no PO. Resultados: Quinze pacientes compuseram o Grupo 1 (= 6 sessões) e 20 o Grupo 2 (= 8 sessões). As comparações das variáveis categóricas medidas no PRE-OP entre os grupos (idade, peso, altura, índice de massa corpórea e tempo de CEC), além das variáveis que avaliaram a função respiratória antes da CC não apresentaram diferenças significantes, evidenciando homogeneidade da amostra. Entretanto, a variável tempo total de cirurgia (média±desvio padrão) foi maior no grupo 2 (238,2±55,1 minutos versus 197,7±55,8 minutos no grupo 1, p=0,045). Houve predomínio de sujeitos do sexo masculino (73,3% no grupo 1 e 60,0% no grupo 2) e ex-tabagistas (73,3% no grupo 1 e 50,0% no grupo 2), predominando a cirurgia de revascularização do miocárdio (66,7% no grupo 1 e 70,0% no grupo 2). Em todas as variáveis da função respiratória estudadas, os valores obtidos no período PO foram menores em relação aos do PRE-OP em ambos os grupos e permaneceram abaixo até o 5°PO, com exceção do VM. Não houve diferença estatisticamente significante no comportamento das variáveis entre os grupos em relação aos tempos, com exceção do VC, que apresentou aumento significante (p = 0,029) entre os momentos 1º PO e 5º PO e 3º PO e 5º PO apenas para o grupo 2. Quanto maior foi a dor PO referida, maior foi a FR e menores foram os valores de VM e CV. O tempo de internação hospitalar foi similar entre os grupos. Conclusões: O número de sessões de fisioterapia PRE-OP não teve influência na evolução da função respiratória no PO de CC. A intensidade da dor pós-operatória referida influenciou de forma significante o aumento da FR e a diminuição do VM e da CV / Abstract: Background: Preoperative physiotherapy in cardiac surgery (CS) aims to minimize respiratory dysfunction and prevent or treat pulmonary complications common in postoperative period (PO). Purpose: To evaluate the influence of preoperative respiratory physiotherapy and the intensity of postoperative referred pain in certain variables of respiratory function measurements in patients undergoing elective CS with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Design: Prospective and longitudinal cohort with a convenience sample. Setting: Hospital of the Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Araras. Period: August to december of 2007. Method: Thirty-five patients were studied. Respiratory function variables [respiratory muscle strength, tidal volume (TV), minute volume (MV), respiratory rate (RR) and vital capacity (VC)] were obtained at preoperative period (PP) and postoperative moments (1st, 3rd e 5th PO). Referred postoperative pain was correlated with respiratory dysfunction. Based on median of the number of preoperative physiotherapy sessions performed, patients were allocated into two groups: Group 1 (patients with fewer sessions) and group 2 (more sessions). Patients followed the local routine for physiotherapy at PO. Results: Fifteen patients composed the group 1 (6 sessions) and 20 the group 2 (= 8 sessions). Categorical variables obtained at PP period and compared between the two groups (age, weight, height, body mass index and CPB time), as well variables for respiratory function measurements, had not statistical differences, showing homogeneity of the casuistic. However, time of surgery (meanstandard deviation) was higher in group 2 (238.2±55.1 minutes versus 197.7±55.8 minutes in group 1, p=0.045). Overall, there was a predominance of male subjects (73.3% in group 1 and 60% in group 2), ex-smokers (73.3% in group 1 and 50.0% in group 2) and coronary artery bypass grafting (66.7 % in group 1 and 70.0% in group 2). All variables obtained in PO had lower values than those of PP for both groups, and remained bellow until the 5th PO day, with exception of the MV. When PO moments were evaluated, there was no statistical difference for variables performance between groups regarding the moments, with the exception of TV that presented significant increase (p = 0.029) between 1st and 5th PO; and 3rd and 5th PO only for group 2. Higher referred pain was seen with higher RR and with lower values of MV and VC. Both groups had similar hospital length of stay. Conclusions: The number of preoperative physiotherapy sessions had no influence on the evolution of respiratory function at the PO in CS. The intensity of postoperative referred pain influenced significantly the increase of RR and the reduction of MV and VC / Mestrado / Cirurgia / Mestre em Ciências Médicas

Breathing is a vital phenomenon that implies synergy of various anatomical structures that constitute the thorax. Joint physiology remains a relatively poorly-known component of the overall thorax physiology. Quantitative literature related to in vivo thorax kinematics during breathing is scarce. The present work focuses specifically on developing and applying a methodology to reach this goal. The developed method combined processing of CT data obtained at different lung volumes and infographic techniques. Detailed ranges of motion (ROMs) and axes of movement (mean helical axes, MHAs) were obtained at costovertebral joints in 12 asymptomatic subjects; rib ROMs gradually decrease with increasing rib number; lung volume and rib level have a significant influence on rib ROM; MHAs did not differ between rib levels. In addition, the method was applied on a sample of 10 patients with cystic fibrosis. The pathological condition significantly influenced CVJ ROMs while the orientation of the MHAs did not differ. Finally, the sternal displacement, sternal angle variations and sternocostal joints (SCJ at rib1 to 7) kinematics during breathing motion were analyzed. Rib ranges of motion relative to sternum decreased with increasing rib number similarly to CVJ. Orientation of the MHAs did not differ between SCJ levels. A significant linear correlation was demonstrated between sternum vertical displacement and rib ranges of motion at both CVJ and SCJ. The present work substantially contributes to 3D modelling of human thorax in breathing at a joint level both qualitatively and quantitatively. / Doctorat en Sciences biomédicales et pharmaceutiques (Médecine) / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

Introduction : Les nourrissons, vu la grande compliance de leur cage thoracique, doivent maintenir activement leur volume pulmonaire de fin d’expiration (VPFE). Ceci se fait par interruption précoce de l’expiration, et par le freinage expiratoire au niveau laryngé et par la persistance de la contraction des muscles inspiratoires. Chez les nourrissons ventilés mécaniquement, notre équipe a montré que le diaphragme est activé jusqu’à la fin de l’expiration (activité tonique). Il n’est pas clair si cette activité tonique diaphragmatique compense pour l’absence de freinage laryngé liée à l’intubation endotrachéale. Objectif : Notre objectif est de déterminer si l’activité tonique diaphragmatique persiste après l’extubation chez les nourrissons et si elle peut être observée chez les enfants plus âgés. Méthode : Ceci est une étude observationnelle longitudinale prospective de patients âgés de 1 semaine à 18 ans admis aux soins intensifs pédiatriques (SIP), ventilés mécaniquement pour >24 heures et avec consentement parental. L’activité électrique du diaphragme (AEdi) a été enregistrée à l’aide d’une sonde nasogastrique spécifique à 4 moments durant le séjour aux SIP : en phase aigüe, pré et post-extubation et au congé. L’AEdi a été analysée de façon semi-automatique. L’AEdi tonique a été définie comme l’AEdi durant le dernier quartile de l’expiration. Résultats : 55 patients avec un âge médian de 10 mois (écart interquartile: 1-48) ont été étudiés. Chez les nourrissons (<1an, n=28), l’AEdi tonique en pourcentage de l’activité inspiratoire était de 48% (30-56) en phase aigüe, 38% (25-44) pré-extubation, 28% (17-42) post-extubation et 33% (22-43) au congé des SIP (p<0.05, ANOVA, avec différence significative entre enregistrements 1 et 3-4). Aucun changement significatif n’a été observé pré et post-extubation. L’AEdi tonique chez les patients plus âgés (>1an, n=27) était négligeable en phases de respiration normale (0.6mcv). Par contre, une AEdi tonique significative (>1mcv et >10%) a été observée à au moins un moment durant le séjour de 10 (37%) patients. La bronchiolite est le seul facteur indépendant associé à l’activité tonique diaphragmatique. Conclusion : Chez les nourrissons, l’AEdi tonique persiste après l’extubation et elle peut être réactivée dans certaines situations pathologiques chez les enfants plus âgés. Elle semble être un indicateur de l’effort du patient pour maintenir son VPFE. D’autres études devraient être menées afin de déterminer si la surveillance de l’AEdi tonique pourrait faciliter la détection de situations de ventilation inappropriée. / Background: Infants have to actively maintain their end expiratory lung volume (EELV) due to their high rib cage compliance. Mechanisms such as high respiratory rate, short expiratory time and laryngeal braking are implicated. In mechanically ventilated infants, the diaphragm stays activated until the end of expiration (tonic activity), contributing to EELV maintenance. It is unclear whether tonic activity compensates for the lack of laryngeal braking due to intubation or if it is normally present. Objective: To determine if tonic diaphragm activity remains after extubation in infants, and if it can be observed in older children. Methods: Prospective observational study of pediatric patients 1 week to 18 years-old ventilated for >24 hr with parental consent. Diaphragm electrical activity (EAdi) was recorded using a specific nasogastric catheter during four periods: (i) the acute phase, (ii) pre-extubation, (iii) postextubation, and (iv) at PICU discharge. EADi was analyzed in a semi-automatic manner. Tonic EAdi was defined as the EAdi in the last quartile of expiration. Results: Fifty-five patients, median age 10 months (Interquartile range: 1–48) were studied. In infants (<1 year, n=28), tonic EAdi as a percentage of inspiratory activity was 48% (30-56) in acute phase, 38% (25-44) pre-extubation, 28% (17-42) post-extubation et 33% (22-43) at PICU discharge (p<0.05, ANOVA, with statistically significant difference between recordings 1 and 3-4). No significant change was observed between pre- and post-extubation periods. In older patients (n=27), tonic activity was negligible as a whole (0.6mcv). However, significant tonic EAdi (>1mcv and >10%) was observed in 10 patients (37%). Bronchiolitis was the only independent factor associated with tonic EAdi. Conclusions: In infants, tonic EAdi remains involved in ventilatory control after extubation and restoration of laryngeal braking. Tonic EAdi can be reactivated in older patients. The interest of tonic EAdi as a tool to titrate mechanical ventilation warrants further evaluation.

INTRODUÇÃO: Ventilação assistida proporcional plus é um novo conceito de suporte ventilatório assistido que visa atuar de acordo com os níveis de esforço inspiratório, mecânica respiratória e níveis de porcentagem de apoio. A complexa interação entre esses fatores que comandam a sua função é de difícil interpretação na prática clínica. O objetivo deste estudo é provocar alterações na complacência, resistência e esforços inspiratórios, em um sistema pulmonar mecânico, para entender o funcionamento e as respostas desse modo nas suas diferentes porcentagens de apoio. MÉTODOS: No Laboratório de Ventilação Mecânica da Disciplina de Pneumologia da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, um ventilador Interplus da marca Intermed foi conectado em um pulmão mecânico da marca Michigan Instruments Inc, com a finalidade de gerar diferentes níveis de esforços inspiratórios e para disparar o ventilador Puritan-Bennett 840 da marca Covidien. Os volumes correntes expirados foram medidos e posteriormente comparados através do método estatístico ANOVA two-way, para 10 níveis de porcentagem de apoio (de 5% a 95%), 3 níveis de complacência (50, 100 e 150 mL/cmH2O), 3 níveis de resistência (5, 20 e 50 cmH2O/L/s) e 4 níveis de esforço inspiratório (-2, -5, -8 e -15 cmH2O). RESULTADOS: Trezentas e sessenta medidas de volume corrente expirado foram obtidas. Os volumes correntes expirados aumentaram significativamente com o incremento dos esforços inspiratórios, durante altos esforços inspiratórios e altas complacências. Diminuíram significativamente durante o incremento das resistências, especialmente quando combinado com baixos esforços inspiratórios e baixas complacências. O fenômeno de sobreassistência (runaway) ocorreu com porcentagem de apoio de 95% combinada com alta resistência e alta complacência. CONCLUSÃO: O modo ventilação assistida proporcional plus respondeu adequadamente às alterações provocadas nas complacências e nos esforços inspiratórios testados. Respondeu à situações de resistência extremamente alta somente quando associado com altos esforços inspiratórios. Não houve fenômeno de sobreassistência em porcentagens de apoio menores que 95%. / BACKGROUND: Proportional assist ventilation plus (PAV+) is a new concept of assist ventilatory support conceived to act according to the levels of inspiratory efforts, respiratory mechanics and percentages levels of assistance. This complex interaction among the factors commanding its function is difficult to detect in clinical setting. This study aimed to provoke changes in compliance, resistance and inspiratory efforts in a lung simulator to understand the responses of PAV+ support. METHODS: In the Mechanical Ventilation Laboratory at University of São Paulo, an Inter Plus ventilator (Intermed ®) connected to lung simulator (Michigan Instruments Inc) acted triggering Puritan-Bennett 840 ventilator (Covidien ®) at different levels of inspiratory efforts. Expiratory tidal volumes were measured and compared (ANOVA-2-way) at 10 levels of PAV+ support (from 5% to 95%), 3 levels of lung simulator compliance (50, 100, 150 mL/cmH20), 3 levels of airway resistance (5, 20, 50 cmH20/L/s) and 4 levels of inspiratory effort ( -2, -5, -8, -15 cmH20). RESULTS: A total of 360 tidal volumes were measured. They increased significantly during increment of inspiratory efforts and during higher inspiratory efforts with higher compliances. They decreased significantly during respiratory resistance increments, especially when combined with low inspiratory efforts and compliances. Runaway occurred during PAV+ support of 95% combined with high respiratory resistance and compliance. CONCLUSIONS: PAV+ responded adequately to provoked changes in the tested respiratory compliances and inspiratory efforts. It responded to very high resistance only when associated with high inspiratory efforts. There was no runaway phenomenon during PAV+ assistance below 95%.

Introdução: A tomografia de impedância elétrica (TIE) é uma técnica de imagem não invasiva que mensura o potencial elétrico na superfície torácica através de eletrodos colocados ao redor do tórax. Essas medidas são transformadas em uma imagem bidimensional da distribuição da impedância elétrica no tórax. Esse instrumento detecta modificações da densidade pulmonar e distribuição do volume corrente. Entretanto, é necessário melhor avaliação da sua eficiência em estimar o volume corrente (VT) a cada ciclo ventilatório. O objetivo do estudo é avaliar a correlação do volume estimado pela TIE com o VT aplicado durante o suporte ventilatório mecânico. Métodos: Inicialmente, foram estudados cinco suínos da raça Landrace. Os animais foram sedados, intubados e monitorados com a TIE. Foram aplicados volumes incrementais (100, 250, 500, 750 e 1000 mL) com a seringa de precisão em ZEEP e com PEEP de 5, 10 e 20 cmH2O, antes e depois da promoção de lesão pulmonar com lavagem com solução salina. Posteriormente, outros cinco animais foram monitorados com a tomografia computadorizada de tórax por raios X (TC) e a TIE. Foram aplicados volumes incrementais (250, 500 e 1000 mL) com a seringa de precisão em ZEEP e com PEEP de 10 e 20 cmH2O, também antes e depois da promoção de lesão pulmonar. A amplitude da variação de impedância mensurada pela TIE foi convertida em volume e foi calculado o volume de ar na TC. Análises de correlação e concordância foram realizadas com o programa \"R\" (© R Foundation for Statistical Computing). Resultados: Em ZEEP, o coeficiente de correlação entre os volumes estimado pela TIE e calculado pela TC foram, respectivamente, 0,90 e 0,96 na comparação com a seringa de precisão. O coeficiente de determinação entre a TIE e a seringa de precisão foi progressivamente reduzindo (0,90; 0,89 e 0,81 com PEEP de 5; 10 e 20, respectivamente) com o aumento do volume pulmonar promovido pela elevação da PEEP. A TC mostrou um deslocamento progressivo do conteúdo aéreo no sentido caudal com o aumento do volume pulmonar. Conclusões: Há uma boa correlação entre o volume estimado pela TIE e o VT aplicado durante o suporte ventilatório mecânico quando utilizados volumes e pressões usuais na prática clínica / Rationale: Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a noninvasive imaging tool that reconstructs a cross-sectional image of the lung\'s regional conductivity using electrodes placed circumferentially around the thorax. It is able to detect changes of lung air content and tidal volume (VT) distribution. However, better evaluation of its capacity to quantify VT variations is necessary. The aim of our study was to assess the correlation between volume estimated by EIT and tidal volume applied at different positive end-expiratory pressures (PEEP). Methods: Initially, in an experimental study five mechanically ventilated pigs monitored by EIT were studied. VT increments (100, 250, 500, 750 and 1000 mL) were applied with a calibrated syringe at zero end-expiratory pressure (ZEEP) and PEEP levels of 5, 10 and 20 cmH2O before and after lung-injury (induced by saline lavage). Another five pigs was monitored by EIT and x-ray computed tomography (CT). VT increments (250, 500 and 1000 mL) were applied with a calibrated syringe at zero end-expiratory pressure (ZEEP) and PEEP levels of 10 and 20 cmH2O before and after lung-injury. Lung air volume was calculated at CT scan and the amplitude of impedance change measured by EIT was converted to volume (mL). Correlation and agreement analysis was performed at \"R\" program (© R Foundation for Statistical Computing). Results: At ZEEP, volume estimated by EIT and volume calculated at CT obtained r2 = 0.90 and 0.96 respectively, when compared to calibrated syringe. The coefficient of correlation between EIT and calibrated syringe impaired (0.90; 0.89 and 0.81 with PEEP of 5; 10 and 20, respectively) with increase of the lung volume due to increased PEEP. CT showed a progressive displacement of the air content to the caudal thoracic levels with the increase of the lung volume. Conclusion: EIT is able to estimate tidal volume during mechanical ventilatory support when used volumes and pressures usually applied at bedside