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PEEP titration by EIT strategies for patients with ARDS: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Mengnan Yu1, Yanjun Deng2, Jun Cha1
1Faculty of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Science and Technology Town Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.
Objective:
To determine which method of Positive End-expiratory Pressure (PEEP) titration is more useful, and to establish an evidence base for the clinical impact of Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) based individual PEEP setting which appears to be a promising method to optimize PEEP in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) patients.
Design:
A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Setting:
4 databases (PUBMED, EMBASE, Web Of Science, and the Cochrane Library) from 1980 to December 2020 were performed.
Participants:
Randomized clinical trials patients with ARDS.
Main Variables:
PaO2/FiO2-ratio and respiratory system compliance.
Intervension:
The quality of the studies was assessed with the Cochrane risk and bias tool.
Results:
8 trials, including a total of 222 participants, were eligible for analysis. Meta-analysis demonstrates a significantly EIT-based individual PEEP setting for patients receiving higher PaO2/FiO2 ratio as compared to other PEEP titration strategies [5 trials, 202 patients, SMD 0.636, (95% CI 0.364-0.908)]. EIT-drived PEEP titration strategy did not significantly increase respiratory system compliance when compared to other peep titration strategies, [7 trials, 202 patients, SMD -0.085, (95% CI -0.342 to 0.172)].
Conclusions:
The benefits of PEEP titration with EIT on clinical outcomes of ARDS in placebo-controlled trials probably result from the visible regional ventilation of EIT. These findings offer clinicians and stakeholders a comprehensive assessment and high-quality evidence for the safety and efficacy of the EIT-based individual PEEP setting as a superior option for patients who undergo ARDS.
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