Department of Neonatology, ChristianaCare, Newark, DE, United States.
Department of Pediatrics, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
J Perinatol. 2021 Jul;41(7):1711-1717. doi: 10.1038/s41372-021-00977-z. Epub 2021 Mar 4.
To assess the feasibility of real-time monitoring of work of breathing (WOB) indices and the impact of adjusting HFNC flow on breathing synchrony and oxygen stability in premature infants.
A prospective, observational study of infants stable on HFNC. The flow adjusted per predetermined algorithm. Respiratory inductive plethysmography (RIP) noninvasively measured WOB. A high-resolution pulse oximeter collected oxygen saturation and heart rate data. Summary statistics and mixed linear models were used.
Baseline data for 32 infants, final analysis of 21 infants. Eighty-one percent with abnormal WOB. Sixty-two percent demonstrated 20% improvement in WOB. For infants with gestational age <28 weeks, an incremental increase in HFNC flow rate decreased WOB (p < 0.001) and improved oxygen saturation and stability (p < 0.01).
Premature infants do not receive optimal support on HFNC. The use of a real-time feedback system to adjust HFNC is feasible and improves WOB, oxygen saturation, and oxygen stability. This technology may improve the utility of HFNC in premature infants.
评估实时监测呼吸功(WOB)指标的可行性,以及调整高流量鼻导管(HFNC)流量对早产儿呼吸同步性和氧稳定性的影响。
一项针对 HFNC 稳定的早产儿的前瞻性观察研究。按照预定算法调整流量。呼吸感应体容积描记术(RIP)无创测量 WOB。高分辨率脉搏血氧仪采集氧饱和度和心率数据。使用汇总统计和混合线性模型。
32 名婴儿的基线数据,21 名婴儿的最终分析。81%的婴儿存在异常 WOB。62%的婴儿 WOB 改善了 20%。对于胎龄<28 周的婴儿,HFNC 流速的增量增加降低了 WOB(p<0.001),并改善了氧饱和度和稳定性(p<0.01)。
早产儿在 HFNC 上未得到最佳支持。使用实时反馈系统来调整 HFNC 是可行的,可以改善 WOB、氧饱和度和氧稳定性。这项技术可能会提高 HFNC 在早产儿中的应用效果。