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Chest, Vol 94, 1148-1155, Copyright © 1988 by American College of Chest Physicians

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Oxygen uptake during weaning from mechanical ventilation

RD Hubmayr, LM Loosbrock, DJ Gillespie and JR Rodarte
Division of Thoracic Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.

Total body oxygen uptake (VO2) increases during the transition from machine-assisted ventilation to spontaneous breathing. Since the volume of oxygen consumed by the respiratory muscles must contribute to the increase in VO2 (delta VO2), we explored whether delta VO2 and/or measurements of respiratory power output (Wresp) provide clinically useful information in the evaluation of disease state and weaning decisions in patients with respiratory failure. We determined the metabolic, ventilatory, and hemodynamic responses of ten patients during weaning from controlled mechanical ventilation, and compared delta VO2 and Wresp of patients without overt heart-lung disease (group 1) to that of patients with significant cardiopulmonary dysfunction and ventilator-dependent respiratory failure (group 2). We reasoned that for delta VO2 to be clinically useful, individual values must either clearly differ between groups, must be higher in patients with heart- lung disease, and/or correlate with weaning outcome and independent measurements of respiratory work. The VO2 increased in nine of ten patients. The differences between the groups in the values of delta VO2 (27 ml/min and 49 ml/min) and respiratory power (9.38 J/min and 11.99 J/min) were not significant. delta VO2 and Wresp were not correlated (r = 0.2), and neither predicted weaning outcome. We conclude that the sensitivity and specificity of delta VO2 and Wresp appear insufficient for evaluation of disease state and weaning decisions in individual patients.


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