• Resp Care · Nov 2012

    Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study

    Short-term effects of humidification devices on respiratory pattern and arterial blood gases during noninvasive ventilation.

    • François Lellouche, Claudia Pignataro, Salvatore Maurizio Maggiore, Emmanuelle Girou, Nicolas Deye, Solenne Taillé, Marc Fischler, and Laurent Brochard.
    • Service de Réanimation Médicale, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Centre Hospitalier Albert Chenevier-Henri Mondor, Créteil, France. francois.lellouche@criucpq.ulaval.ca
    • Resp Care. 2012 Nov 1;57(11):1879-86.

    BackgroundThe impact of humidification devices on ventilatory and arterial blood gases parameters during noninvasive ventilation (NIV) remains controversial. The aim of the study was to compare the short-term impact of heat and moisture exchangers (HMEs) and heated humidifiers (HHs) during NIV for either hypercapnic or hypoxemic acute respiratory failure.MethodsConsecutive subjects receiving NIV were successively treated with HME and HH in randomized order for 30 min each. At the end of each period, arterial blood gases were measured and ventilatory parameters were recorded.ResultsEighty-one subjects were enrolled, of whom 52 were hypercapnic (with or without acidosis) and 29 hypoxemic. Minute ventilation was greater with the HME, in comparison with the HH (15 [12-18] vs 12 [10-16] median [interquartile range], P < .001), while P(aCO(2)) was increased when using HME, indicating a dead space effect. This effect was observed in all subjects, but was more pronounced in hypercapnic subjects (P(aCO(2)) 62 ± 17 mm Hg with HME vs 57 ± 14 with HH, P < .001). In a subgroup of 19 subjects with respiratory acidosis, alveolar hypoventilation improved only with the HH. The amplitude of the dead space impact was a function of the degree of hypercapnia.ConclusionsUse of an HME decreased CO(2) elimination during NIV, despite increased minute ventilation, especially in hypercapnic subjects.

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