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Does gas exchange response to prone position predict mortality in hypoxemic acute respiratory failure?

April 26, 2017acute exchange Gas mortality position predict prone respiratory Response

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Does gas exchange response to prone position predict mortality in hypoxemic acute respiratory failure?

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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether gas exchange response to a first prone position session can predict patient outcome in hypoxemic acute respiratory failure. METHODS: Data from a previous multicenter randomized controlled trial were retrospectively analyzed for relationship between PaO(2)/FIO(2) ratio and PaCO(2) changes during the first 8-h prone position session to day 28 mortality rate; 370 prone position sessions were analyzed. Arterial blood gas was measured in supine position before proning and in prone position at the end of the session. Gas exchange improvement was defined as increase in the PaO(2)/FIO(2) ratio of more than 20% (PaO(2)R) or decrease in PaCO(2) of more than 1 mmHg (PaCO(2)R). MAIN RESULTS: The 28-day mortality rate was 26.5% in PaO(2)R-PaCO(2)R, 31.7% in PaO(2)R-PaCO(2)NR, 38.9% in PaO(2)NR-PaCO(2)R, and 43% in PaO(2)NR-PaCO(2)NR (log-rank 14.02, p = 0.003). In a Cox proportional hazards model the gas exchange response was a significant predictor to patient outcom