• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제48권12호
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• pp.1310-1316
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• 2005

Mechanical ventilation in children has some differences compared to in neonates or in adults. The indication of mechanical ventilation can be classified into two groups, hypercapnic respiratory failure and hypoxemic respiratory failure. The strategies of mechanical ventilation should be different in these two groups. In hypercapnic respiratory failure, volume target ventilation with constant flow is favorable and pressure target ventilation with constant pressure is preferred in hypoxemic respiratory failure. For oxygenation, fraction of inspired oxygen($FiO_2$) and mean airway pressure(MAP) can be adjusted. MAP is more important than FiO2. Positive end expiratory pressure(PEEP) is the most potent determinant of MAP. The optimal relationship of $FiO_2$ and PEEP is PEEP≒$FiO_2{\times}20$. For ventilation, minute volume of ventilation(MV) product of tidal volume(TV) and ventilation frequency is the most important factor. TV has an maximum value up to 15 mL/kg to avoid the volutrauma, so ventilation frequency is more important. The time constant(TC) in children is usually 0.15-0.2. Adequate inspiratory time is 3TC, and expiratory time should be more than 5TC. In some severe respiratory failure, to get 8TC for one cycle is impossible because of higher frequency. In such case, permissive hypercapnia can be considered. The strategy of mechanical ventilation should be adjusted gradually even in the same patient according to the status of the patient. Mechanical ventilators and ventilation modes are progressing with advances in engineering. But the most important thing in mechanical ventilation is profound understanding about the basic pulmonary mechanics and classic ventilation modes.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제81권2호
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• pp.99-105
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• 2018

Acute exacerbation(s) of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) tend to be critical and debilitating events leading to poorer outcomes in relation to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) treatment modalities, and contribute to a higher and earlier mortality rate in COPD patients. Besides pro-active preventative measures intended to obviate acquisition of AECOPD, early recovery from severe AECOPD is an important issue in determining the long-term prognosis of patients diagnosed with COPD. Updated GOLD guidelines and recently published American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society clinical recommendations emphasize the importance of use of pharmacologic treatment including bronchodilators, systemic steroids and/or antibiotics. As a non-pharmacologic strategy to combat the effects of AECOPD, noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is recommended as the treatment of choice as this therapy is thought to be most effective in reducing intubation risk in patients diagnosed with AECOPD with acute respiratory failure. Recently, a few adjunctive modalities, including NIV with helmet and helium-oxygen mixture, have been tried in cases of AECOPD with respiratory failure. As yet, insufficient documentation exists to permit recommendation of this therapy without qualification. Although there are too few findings, as yet, to allow for regular andr routine application of those modalities in AECOPD, there is anecdotal evidence to indicate both mechanical and physiological benefits connected with this therapy. High-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy is another supportive strategy which serves to improve the symptoms of hypoxic respiratory failure. The therapy also produced improvement in ventilatory variables, and it may be successfully applied in cases of hypercapnic respiratory failure. Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal has been successfully attempted in cases of adult respiratory distress syndrome, with protective hypercapnic ventilatory strategy. Nowadays, it is reported that it was also effective in reducing intubation in AECOPD with hypercapnic respiratory failure. Despite the apparent need for more supporting evidence, efforts to improve efficacy of NIV have continued unabated. It is anticipated that these efforts will, over time, serve toprogressively decrease the risk of intubation and invasive mechanical ventilation in cases of AECOPD with acute respiratory failure.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.462-472
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• 2001

연구배경 : 만성폐쇄성폐질환 환자에서 고탄산혈증성 호흡부전에서 기계호흡 및 약물치료 등에 대한 반응과 치료경과 및 기계호흡을 결정하는 중요한 인자를 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법 : 만성폐쇄성폐질환의 고탄산혈증성 호흡부전으로 본원 호흡기내과에 입원하였던 환자를 내과치료군과 기도삽관군으로 나누어 임상적 특정 및 동맥혈가스소견 등의 검사소견을 비교하고, 호흡부전의 회복시기 및 경과, 기계호흡을 결정하는 인자, 기도삽관 시점, 그리고 기도삽관 기간 등을 비교하였다. 결 과 : 만성폐쇄성폐질환 환자에서 고탄산혈증성 호흡부전의 횟수는 132회였고, 기도삽관을 하였던 경우는 49회(37%)였고 내과적 치료에 반응을 보인 경우는 83회(63%)였다. 기도삽관군은 내과치료군에 비해 백혈구수치, BUN 및 APACHE II 점수가 높아서 질환의 중증도가 심하였고, 호흡성산혈증 및 고탄산혈증이 심하였다. pH가 7.2이하일때 기도삽관율은 87%로 매우 높았고, 기도삽관하기까지의 시간도 $2{\pm}3$시간으로 매우 짧았으며, pH 7.31-7.35일때 기도삽관율은 20%로 낮았고 기도삽관하기까지의 기간은 $97{\pm}121$시간으로 가장 길었다. 내과치료군에서 83%가 3일이내에 고탄산혈증성 호흡부전에서 회복되었다. 기계호흡군은 내원하여 24시간내에 75%에서 기도삽관이 시행되었다. 기도삽관을 결정하는 중요한 인자중 호흡성산혈증이 중요하며, 기도삽관전의 pH 평균의 범위는 7.04에서 7.24로서 pH 7.24를 기점으로 기도삽관이 결정되는 것으로 생각된다. 결 론 : 만성폐쇄성폐질환 환자의 고탄산혈증성 호흡부전에서 병의 중증도가 심하고, 호흡성 산혈증의 정도 및 고탄산혈증의 정도가 심할 때 기계호흡이 필요함을 알 수 있었고 그중 pH 7.24 이하의 산혈증이 특히 기도삽관을 결정하는 중요한 시점이라 생각되었다. 그리고 고탄산혈증성 호흡부전의 치료에 대한 반응 및 회복시기에 대한 정보가 앞으로 치료에 대한 지침이 될 것으로 생각된다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제82권3호
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• pp.242-250
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• 2019

Background: Data on noninvasive ventilation (NIV) use in intensive care units (ICUs) are very limited in South Korea. Methods: A prospective observational study was performed in 20 ICUs of university-affiliated hospitals from June 2017 to February 2018. Adult patients (age>18 years) who were admitted to the ICU and received NIV treatment for acute respiratory failure were included. Results: A total of 156 patients treated with NIV were enrolled (mean age, $71.9{\pm}11.6years$). The most common indications for NIV were acute hypercapnic respiratory failure (AHRF, n=89) and post-extubation respiratory failure (n=44). The main device for NIV was an invasive mechanical ventilator with an NIV module (61.5%), and the majority of patients (87.2%) used an oronasal mask. After the exclusion of 32 do-not-resuscitate patients, NIV success rate was 68.5% (85/124); ICU and hospital mortality rates were 8.9% and 15.3%, respectively. However, the success rate was lower in patients with de novo respiratory failure (27.3%) compared to that of patients with AHRF (72.8%) or post-extubation respiratory failure (75.0%). In multivariate analysis, immunocompromised state, de novo respiratory failure, post-NIV (2 hours) respiratory rate, NIV mode (i.e., non-pressure support ventilation mode), and the change of NIV device were significantly associated with a lower success rate of NIV. Conclusion: AHRF and post-extubation respiratory failure were the most common indications for NIV in Korean ICUs. Overall NIV success was achieved in 68.5% of patients, with the lowest rate in patients with de novo respiratory failure.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제78권4호
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• pp.455-458
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• 2015

Excessive dynamic airway collapse (EDAC) is a disease entity of excessive reduction of the central airway diameter during exhalation, without cartilage collapse. An 80-year-old female presented with generalized edema and dyspnea at our hospital. The patient was in a state of acute decompensated heart failure due to pneumonia with respiratory failure. We accordingly managed the patient with renal replacement therapy, mechanical ventilation and antibiotics. Bronchoscopy confirmed the diagnosis of EDAC. We scheduled extubation after the improvement of pneumonia and heart condition. However, extubation failure occurred due to hypercapnic respiratory failure with poor expectoration. Her EDAC was improved in response to high flow nasal oxygen therapy (HFNOT). Subsequently, the patient was stabilized and transferred to the general ward. HFNOT, which generates physiologic positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) effects, could be an alternative and effective management of EDAC. Further research and clinical trials are needed to demonstrate the therapeutic effect of HFNOT on EDAC.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.98-101
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• 2015

Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO), which is associated with graft-versus-host disease after allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, is a major obstacle to survival after bone marrow transplantation due to its gradual progress, eventually leading to respiratory failure. Pumpless extracorporeal interventional lung assist (iLA) is effective in treatment of reversible hypercapnic respiratory failure. In this paper, we present a 23-year-old female patient who underwent allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) for acute lymphocytic leukemia. After 6 months, she complained of shortness of breath and was diagnosed with BO. Five months later, she developed an upper respiratory tract infection that worsened her BO and caused life-threatening hypercapnia. Since mechanical ventilation failed to eliminate $CO_2$ effectively, iLA was applied as rescue therapy. Her hypercapnia and respiratory acidosis showed significant improvement within a few hours, and she was successfully weaned off iLA after 12 days. This is the first case report of iLA application for temporarily aggravated hypercapnia of PBSCT-associated BO followed by successful weaning. This rescue therapy should be considered in ventilator-refractory reversible hypercapnia in BO patients.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.4-8
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• 2022

Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is defined as the triad of obesity (body mass index, [BMI] ≥ 30 kg/m²), daytime hypercapnia (PaCO2 ≥ 45 mm Hg), and sleep breathing disorder, after excluding other causes for hypoventilation. As the obese population increases worldwide, the prevalence of OHS is also on the rise. Patients with OHS have poor quality of life, high risk of frequent hospitalization and increased cardiopulmonary mortality. However, most patients with OHS remain undiagnosed and untreated. The diagnosis typically occurs during the 5th and 6th decades of life and frequently first diagnosed in emergency rooms as a result of acute-on-chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure. Due to the high mortality rate in patients with OHS who do not receive treatment or have developed respiratory failure, early recognition and effective treatment is essential for improving outcomes. Positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy including continuous PAP (CPAP) or noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is the primary management option for OHS. Changes in lifestyle, rehabilitation program, weight loss and bariatric surgery should be also considered.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.987-996
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• 1996

연구배경: 기존의 양압환기법은 기관내관이나 기관절개술을 통해서만 시행되어 왔으나 최근 이러한 인공기도에 의한 기도합병증을 피하기 위한 방법으로 안연 또는 코마스크를 환자~인공환기기 사이의 매체로 이용하는 비침습적 환기법 (noninvasive positive pressure ventilation, 이하 NIV라 함)이 시도되고 있다. 이에 저자 등응 급성호흡부전 환자들에서 NIV의 적용 가능성, 치료성공율 및 치료성공과 연관된 지표를 알아보고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방법: 대상응 급성 환기부전 (acute vemilarory failure, 이하 VF : $PaCO_2$ > 43 mrn Hg & pH < 7.35)이나 급성 산소화호흡부전 (acure oxygenarion failure, 이하 OF : $PaO_2/FIO_2$ < 300 mrn Hg & $pH{\geq}7.35$)으로 기계호흡이 필요했던 환자 106 예 중 NIV 시도가 가능한 환자 26명이었으며, 총 VF 19예 중 11 예 (57.9%) (남 : 여 =7 : 4, $55.4{\pm}14.6$세), 총 OF 87예 중 15 예 (17.2%) (남 : 여 =12 : 3, $50.6{\pm}15.6$세)에서 NIV 시도가 가능하였다. 결과: 1. 기관내삽관 없이 NIV로 기계호흡 이탈까지 성공한 환자는 VF에서 81.8% (9/11), OF에서 40%(6/15)였다. NIV 의 합병증은 코부위 피부괴사와 가스성 위장 팽대 각 1예씩 이었다. 2. 환기부전 환자의 NIV 성공 예 에서 분당호흡 수는 기저치에 비해 NIV 시작 12시간 후(각각 $34{\pm}9$회, $26{\pm}6$회, p=0.045)에 유의한 감소를 보였다. $PaCO_2$와 pH는 모두 기저치에 비해 NIV 시작 24시간 후($PaCO_2$ 각각 $87.3{\pm}20.6$, $81.2{\pm}9.1$ mm Hg, p < 0.05, pH 각각 $7.26{\pm}0.04$, $7.32{\pm}0.02$, p < 0.05)에 유의한 호전을 보였다. 3. 산소화부전에서 NIV가 성공한 6 예와 실패한 9 예에서 $PaCO_2$는 NIV 시작전 (각각 $59.8{\pm}9.2$, $76.0{\pm}22.8$ mm Hg), NIV 시작 후 30분 (각각 $121.5{\pm}20.2$, $99.6{\pm}35.8$ mm Hg,), 6시간 (각각 $100.0{\pm}26.4$, $76.2{\pm}22.3$ mm Hg) 및 12시간 ($88.7{\pm}28.7$, $74.3{\pm}16.7$ mm Hg)에 서로 유의한 차이가 없었으나 (모두 p > 0.05), $PaO_2/FIO_2$ 비는 NIV 성공 예에서는 각각 $120.0{\pm}19.6$, $218.9{\pm}98.3$, $191.3{\pm}55.2$ 및 $232.8{\pm}17.6$ mm Hg (p=0.0211)로 상승한 반면, 실패 예에서는 $127.9{\pm}63.0$, $116.8{\pm}24.4$, $100.6{\pm}34.6$ 및 $129.8{\pm}50.3$ mm Hg (p=0.5319)로 유의한 상승이 관찰되지 않았다. 결론: 비침습적 환기법은 급성 환기부전군에서 급성 산소화부전에 비해 적용성과 성공율이 높으며, 환기부전의 NIV 성공 예에서는 분당호흡수의 감소가 선행하고 $PaO_2$와 pH의 호전이 뒤따랐고 산소화부전에서는 NIV 시작 30분 후의 $PaO_2/FIO_2$ 비가 성공적 NIV 적용 여부의 한 예측 지표가 될 수 있을 것으로 사료되었다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제58권2호
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• pp.160-166
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• 2005

연구배경 : 최근 국내에서도 만성폐질환을 가진 저산소증 환자에게 재택산소요법이 증가하고 있으나 그 실태는 잘 알려져 있지 않다. 이에 한 대학병원 호흡기내과에서 재택산소요법을 처방 받은 환자들의 실태를 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법 : 2000년 1월부터 2003년 8월까지 서울아산병원 호흡기내과에서 재택산소요법을 처방 받은 환자들을 대상으로 의무기록 검토와 설문조사를 시행하였다. 산소를 중단한 4명의 환자는 제외하였다. 결 과 : 총 86명의 환자가 산소요법을 처방받았고, 2000년 이후로 매년 빈도가 증가되는 추세였다.남/녀비는 52/34명, 평균연령은 61.3세였다. 환자들의 기저질환으로 만성폐쇄성폐질환 29명, 결핵파괴폐 18명, 기관지확장증 15명, 간질성폐질환 12명, 척추후측만증 7명 등으로 다양한 질환을 보였다. 산소 처방 당시 평균 53명의 폐기능 소견은 $FEV_1/FVC$ 비 $58.4{\pm}25.2%$, FVC $54.5{\pm}17.1$ (% pred.), $FEV_1$ $41.7{\pm}20.6$ (% pred.)로 측정되었다. 산소요법은 1.5 L/min에서 시작하여 평균 14.5시간 동안 사용하였다. 산소 처방 당시 동맥혈 산소농도는 77.7 mm Hg, 동맥혈 이산화탄소농도는 49.6 mm Hg 정도로 조절하였다. 전체 환자 중에서 가정간호사 방문이나 맥박산소측정기로 집에서 산소포화도를 모니터링 하는 경우는 16.5%에 불과하였고 대부분의 환자는 외래 방문시 시행하는 동맥혈가스분석이나 증상에 따라 산소량을 조절하였다. 재택산소치료를 하는 환자들의 3년 생존율은 56%였고 고탄산혈증을 가지는 환자에서 더 좋은 예후를 보였다. 결 론 : 재택산소치료는 다양한 폐질환 환자에게 시행되고 있고, 점차 빈도도 증가하고 있어 효율적인 관리 체계의 확립을 위한 보험제도의 개선이 필요할 것으로 사료된다.