• Pediatric pulmonology · Jan 2013

    Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study

    6 cmH2O continuous positive airway pressure versus conventional oxygen therapy in severe viral bronchiolitis: a randomized trial.

    • Christophe Milési, Stefan Matecki, Samir Jaber, Thibaut Mura, Aurélien Jacquot, Odile Pidoux, Nathalie Chautemps, Aline Rideau Batista Novais, Clémentine Combes, Jean-Charles Picaud, and Gilles Cambonie.
    • Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, CHU Montpellier, France.
    • Pediatr. Pulmonol. 2013 Jan 1; 48 (1): 45-51.

    ObjectiveTo compare the effects of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) and conventional oxygen therapy on the clinical signs of respiratory distress and the respiratory muscle workload in acute viral bronchiolitis.DesignProspective, randomized, monocentric study carried out in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of a university hospital.PatientsInfants <6 months old, admitted to the PICU with severe respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis.InterventionThe patients were randomized into two groups for 6 hr. The nCPAP group (n = 10) received 6 cmH(2)O pressure support delivered by a jet flow generator and the control group (n = 9) received an air/oxygen mixture from a heated humidifier. Respiratory distress was assessed by the modified Wood's clinical asthma score (m-WCAS), and inspiratory muscle work was evaluated by calculating the pressure-time product per breath (PTP(insp) /breath) and per minute (PTP(insp) /min) from the esophageal pressure (Pes) recordings.Measurements And Main ResultsCompared with control condition, nCPAP decreased m-WCAS [-2.4 (1.05) vs. -0.5 (1.3), P = 0.03], PTPes(insp)/breath [-9.7 (5.7) vs. -1.4 (8.2), P = 0.04], PTPes(insp) /min [-666 (402) vs. -116 (352), P = 0.015], and FiO(2) [-7 (10) vs. +5 (15), P = 0.05]. Significant worsening of m-WCAS was only observed in the control group (4/9 vs. 0/10, P = 0.03).ConclusionsnCPAP rapidly decreased inspiratory work in young infants with acute bronchiolitis. Improvement in the respiratory distress score at 6 hr was proportional to the initial clinical severity, suggesting the importance of rapid nCPAP initiation in the more severe forms of the disease.Copyright © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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