• Anaesthesia · Jul 2021

    Randomized Controlled Trial

    Evaluating the ventilatory effect of transnasal humidified rapid insufflation ventilatory exchange in apnoeic small children with two different oxygen flow rates: a randomised controlled trial.

    • T Riva, N Préel, L Theiler, R Greif, L Bütikofer, F Ulmer, S Seiler, and S Nabecker.
    • Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
    • Anaesthesia. 2021 Jul 1; 76 (7): 924-932.

    AbstractTransnasal humidified rapid insufflation ventilatory exchange prolongs safe apnoeic oxygenation time in children. In adults, transnasal humidified rapid insufflation ventilatory exchange is reported to have a ventilatory effect with PaCO2 levels increasing less rapidly than without it. This ventilatory effect has yet to be reproduced in children. In this non-inferiority study, we tested the hypothesis that children weighing 10-15 kg exhibit no difference in carbon dioxide clearance when comparing two different high-flow nasal therapy flow rates during a 10-min apnoea period. Following standardised induction of anaesthesia including neuromuscular blockade, patients were randomly allocated to high-flow nasal therapy of 100% oxygen at 2 or 4 l.kg-1 .min-1 . Airway patency was ensured by continuous jaw thrust. The study intervention was terminated for safety reasons when SpO2 values dropped < 95%, or transcutaneous carbon dioxide levels rose > 9.3 kPa, or near-infrared spectroscopy values dropped > 20% from their baseline values, or after an apnoeic period of 10 min. Fifteen patients were included in each group. In the 2 l.kg-1 .min-1 group, mean (SD) transcutaneous carbon dioxide increase was 0.46 (0.11) kPa.min-1 , while in the 4 l.kg-1 .min-1 group it was 0.46 (0.12) kPa.min-1 . The upper limit of a one-sided 95%CI for the difference between groups was 0.07 kPa.min-1 , lower than the predefined non-inferiority margin of 0.147 kPa.min-1 (p = 0.001). The lower flow rate of 2 l.kg-1 .min-1 was non-inferior to 4 l.kg-1 .min-1 relative to the transcutaneous carbon dioxide increase. In conclusion, an additional ventilatory effect of either 2 or 4 l.kg-1 .min-1 high-flow nasal therapy in apnoeic children weighing 10-15 kg appears to be absent.© 2020 Association of Anaesthetists.

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