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Functional Residual Capacity and Alveolar Recruitment in Single-lung Ventilation: a Randomized Study

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Lung Injury
Interventions
Procedure: VPFE monitoring with intraoperative alveolar recruitment maneuvers.
Registration Number
NCT06446544
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital, Rouen
Brief Summary

In thoracic surgery, the incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications is higher than for other surgeries. Indeed, thoracic surgery has the specificity of being carried out with single-lung ventilation and is thus a source of intraoperative atelectasis which persists postoperatively and gives rise to pulmonary complications, particularly infectious ones. During one-lung ventilation, mediastinal and abdominal compression on the ventilated lung leads to a drop in functional residual capacity (FRC) which will in turn lead to collapse of the small airways leading to the formation of atelectasis.

Strategies exist to limit the appearance of atelectasis. One of the intraoperative strategies is alveolar recruitment. Alveolar recruitment is a dynamic process that can be defined by a transient increase in transpulmonary pressure beyond the critical opening pressure. Physiologically, alveolar recruitment corresponds to the re-aeration of poorly or non-aerated lung areas. In single-lung ventilation, intraoperative alveolar recruitment maneuvers are not performed systematically to prevent the formation of atelectasis.

The General Electric Carescape R860 ventilator allows intraoperative monitoring of end-expiratory closing lung volume (EFVP), which corresponds to the CRF associated with positive expiratory pressure (PEEP). This spirometry incorporated in the ventilator continuously monitors the intraoperative variation of VPFE, thus making it possible to detect any significant decrease which would favor the formation of intraoperative atelectasis. Early detection of VPFE can therefore allow the anesthetist-resuscitator to initiate intraoperative alveolar recruitment maneuvers adapted to the patient. Alveolar recruitment maneuvers are then personalized and based on precise monitoring of the evolution of the VPFE.

The effectiveness of recruitment maneuvers can be evaluated and quantified (with the Lung Ultrasound Score (LUS)) postoperatively using pleuropulmonary ultrasound. Thus, early ultrasound detection, from the post-interventional monitoring room (SSPI), would make it possible to undertake rapid therapeutic maneuvers to combat the atelectasis observed. A patient could benefit, for example, from prophylactic NIV from the recovery room, from a stricter postural program in a seated position, or from an earlier and/or more intensive respiratory rehabilitation program with the physiotherapy team.

Detailed Description

In thoracic surgery, the incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications is higher than for other surgeries. Indeed, thoracic surgery has the specificity of being carried out with single-lung ventilation and is thus a source of intraoperative atelectasis which persists postoperatively and gives rise to pulmonary complications, particularly infectious ones. During one-lung ventilation, mediastinal and abdominal compression on the ventilated lung leads to a drop in functional residual capacity (FRC) which will in turn lead to collapse of the small airways leading to the formation of atelectasis.

Strategies exist to limit the appearance of atelectasis. One of the intraoperative strategies is alveolar recruitment. Alveolar recruitment is a dynamic process that can be defined by a transient increase in transpulmonary pressure beyond the critical opening pressure. Physiologically, alveolar recruitment corresponds to the re-aeration of poorly or non-aerated lung areas. In single-lung ventilation, intraoperative alveolar recruitment maneuvers are not performed systematically to prevent the formation of atelectasis.

The General Electric Carescape R860 ventilator allows intraoperative monitoring of end-expiratory closing lung volume (EFVP), which corresponds to the CRF associated with positive expiratory pressure (PEEP). This spirometry incorporated in the ventilator continuously monitors the intraoperative variation of VPFE, thus making it possible to detect any significant decrease which would favor the formation of intraoperative atelectasis. Early detection of VPFE can therefore allow the anesthetist-resuscitator to initiate intraoperative alveolar recruitment maneuvers adapted to the patient. Alveolar recruitment maneuvers are then personalized and based on precise monitoring of the evolution of the VPFE.

The effectiveness of recruitment maneuvers can be evaluated and quantified (with the Lung Ultrasound Score (LUS)) postoperatively using pleuropulmonary ultrasound. Thus, early ultrasound detection, from the post-interventional monitoring room (SSPI), would make it possible to undertake rapid therapeutic maneuvers to combat the atelectasis observed. A patient could benefit, for example, from prophylactic NIV from the recovery room, from a stricter postural program in a seated position, or from an earlier and/or more intensive respiratory rehabilitation program with the physiotherapy team.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
44
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients aged 76 and over
  • COPD patients (Gold stage 3 or 4 of the 2023 Gold classification)
  • Patients with a history of ischemic coronary artery disease
  • Patients with a history of pulmonary emphysema bubbles on the ventilated lung
  • Tracheostomized patient
  • Obese patients (>30 kg/m²)
  • Patients with a history of pulmonary resection
  • ASA patients ≥4
  • Patient benefiting from a pre-operative rehabilitation protocol with physiotherapy
  • Pregnant or parturient or breastfeeding woman or proven absence of contraception
  • Person deprived of liberty by an administrative or judicial decision or person placed under judicial protection/under guardianship or curatorship
  • History of illness or psychological or sensory abnormality likely to prevent the subject from fully understanding the conditions required for participation in the protocol or preventing them from giving informed consent
  • Patient refusing to give consent.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
arm monitoring of the VPFE with intraoperative alveolar recruitment maneuversVPFE monitoring with intraoperative alveolar recruitment maneuvers.arm monitoring of the VPFE with intraoperative alveolar recruitment maneuvers
VPFE monitoring arm without intraoperative alveolar recruitment maneuvers.VPFE monitoring with intraoperative alveolar recruitment maneuvers.VPFE monitoring arm without intraoperative alveolar recruitment maneuvers.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Evaluate the effect of VPFE monitoring with intraoperative alveolar recruitment maneuvers compared to VPFE monitoring without intraoperative alveolar recruitment maneuvers on pulmonary aeration of the ventilated lung30 min post-extubation

The primary endpoint will be the value of the LUS (Lung Ultrasound Score) score on the ventilated lung at the time of lung ultrasound in SSPI, 30 minutes after extubation (presence of atelectasis with a LUS score \> or = 10/18).

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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