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Validity of Empirical Estimates of the Ratio of Dead Space to Tidal Volume in ARDS

Jose Dianti, Arthur S Slutsky and Ewan C Goligher
Respiratory Care April 2021, 66 (4) 559-565; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.08246
Jose Dianti
Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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Arthur S Slutsky
Department of Medicine, Division of Respirology, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
Keenan Centre for Biomedical Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
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Ewan C Goligher
Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Department of Medicine, Division of Respirology, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, Canada.
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BACKGROUND: The ratio of dead space to tidal volume (VD/VT) is a clinically relevant parameter in ARDS; it has been shown to predict mortality, and it determines the extent to which extracorporeal CO2 removal reduces tidal volume (VT) and driving pressure (ΔP). VD/VT can be estimated with volumetric capnography, but empirical formulas using demographic and physiological information have been proposed to estimate VD/VT without the need of additional equipment. It is unknown whether estimated and measured VD/VT produce similar estimates of the predicted effect of extracorporeal CO2 removal on ΔP.

METHODS: We performed a secondary analysis of data from a previous clinical trial including subjects with ARDS in whom VD/VT and CO2 production (Embedded Image) were measured with volumetric capnography. The estimated ratio of dead space to tidal volume (VD,est/VT) was calculated using standard empiric formulas. Agreement between measured and estimated values was evaluated with Bland-Altman analysis. Agreement between the predicted change in ΔP with extracorporeal CO2 removal as computed using the measured ratio of alveolar dead space to tidal volume (VDalv/VT) or estimated VDalv/VT (VDalv,est/VT) was also evaluated.

RESULTS: VD,est/VT was higher than measured VD/VT, and agreement between them was low (bias 0.05, limits of agreement –0.21 to 0.31). Differences between measured and estimated Embedded Image accounted for 57% of the error in VD,est/VT. The predicted reduction in ΔP with extracorporeal CO2 removal computed using VDalv,est/VT was in reasonable agreement with the expected reduction using VDalv/VT (bias –0.7 cm H2O, limits of agreement –1.87 to 0.47 cm H2O). In multivariable regression, measured VD/VT was associated with mortality (odds ratio 1.9, 95% CI 1.2–3.1, P = .01), but VD,est/VT was not (odds ratio 1.2, 95% CI 0.8–1.8, P = .3).

CONCLUSIONS: VD/VT and VD,est/VT showed low levels of agreement and cannot be used interchangeably in clinical practice. Nevertheless, the predicted decrease in ΔP due to extracorporeal CO2 removal was similar when computed from either estimated or measured VDalv/VT.

  • dead space
  • ARDS
  • mechanical ventilation
  • volumetric capnography
  • extracorporeal life support
  • driving pressure

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  • Correspondence: Ewan C Goligher MD PhD, Toronto General Hospital, 585 University Ave, 11-PMB Room 192, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2N2. E-mail: ewan.goligher{at}utoronto.ca
  • See the Related Editorial on Page 703

  • The authors have disclosed no conflicts of interest.

  • Supplementary material related to this paper is available at http://www.rcjournal.com.

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