Abstract
In critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation, expiratory muscles are recruited with high respiratory loading and/or low inspiratory muscle capacity. In this case report, we describe a previously unrecognized patient-ventilator dyssynchrony characterized by ventilator triggering by expiratory muscle relaxation, an observation that we termed expiratory muscle relaxation-induced ventilator triggering (ERIT). ERIT can be recognized with in-depth respiratory muscle monitoring as (1) an increase in gastric pressure (Pga) during expiration, resulting from expiratory muscle recruitment; (2) a drop in Pga (and hence, esophageal pressure) at the time of ventilator triggering; and (3) diaphragm electrical activity onset occurring after ventilator triggering. Future studies should focus on the incidence of ERIT and the impact in the patient receiving mechanical ventilation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | e337-e341 |
Journal | Chest |
Volume | 161 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2022 |
Keywords
- expiratory muscles
- mechanical ventilation
- patient-ventilator dyssynchrony