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9/15- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Flashcards

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What is seen here?

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Characteristic of ARDS???

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Case)

  • 32 yo obese but healthy female
  • Presented with 3 days high fever, dry cough, and worsening SOB
  • Admitted -> rapid flu test positive; oseltamivir started
  • More hypoxic -> required intubation and mechanical ventilation
  • Additional antibiotics added
  • Required increasing support from mechanical ventilator to achieve adequate oxygenation
  • Required sedation and neuromuscular block
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What is ARDS?

What are some micro-anatomical features?

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Diffuse injury to the alveolo-capillary membranes from direct and indirect causes

  • Sloughing of epithelial layer
  • Endothelial cell injury
  • Denuded basement membrane
  • Flooding of alveolus with protein rich fluid and cellular debris and leukocytes
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What are hallmarks of ARDS?

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  • Non- cardiogenic pulmonary edema
  • Hypoxemia, hypercarbia
  • Respiratory failure, frequently requiring mechanical ventilation
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What are some disorders associated with development of ARDS (direct and indirect)?

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Direct

- Gastric aspiration

- Pneumonia

  • Less commonly: inhalation injury, pulmonary contusion, fat emboli, near drowning, reperfusion injury, amniotic fluid embolism

Indirect

- Sepsis

- Multiple trauma

  • Less common: acute pancreatitis, transfusion related (TRALI), DIC, burns, head injury, drug overdose, cardiopulmonary bypass
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Etiology of ARDS

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Pneumonia + Sepsis + Aspiration accounts for 75% of all cases

  • Pneumonia (40%)
  • Sepsis (22%)
  • Aspiration (15%)
  • Trauma (8%)
  • Transfusion (5%)
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Review: what forces are at play in entry of fluid into lungs from vasculature?

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Starling forces

  • Balance between hydrostatic pressure and osmotic pressure

More leak when:

  • Higher hydrostatic pressure
  • Lower osmotic pressure
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What are the different situations which may lead to edema/differences in the resulting fluid?

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Cardiogenic pulmonary edema

  • High L atrial pressure
  • Transudate (edema fluid/plasma protein ratio is < 0.5)

Non-cardiogenic edema (increased permeability)

  • Exudate (edema fluid/plasma protein ratio > 0.5)
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What is the histopathology: DAD?

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Exudative (7 days)

  • Hyaline membranes
  • (injury to type I pneumocytes and alveolar capillary membrane -> increased permeability)

Proliferative (7-21 days)

  • Type II pneumocyte hyperplasia
  • Prominent interstitial inflammation

Fibrotic (>21 days, starts early)

  • Fibrosis of alveolar ducts and interstitium -> bullae and cyst formation
  • Fibrosis of vascular intima -> vascular obstruction
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Pathophysiology (in regards to alveolar epithelium)?

Physiological results?

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Alveolar epithelium

  • Loss of tight junction and sloughing
  • Leakage of protein rich fluid into alveolar space
  • Loss of surfactant and increased surface tension -> atelectasis
  • Impaired hypoxic vasoconstriction

Results in:

- Low V/Q (acts like shunt; can’t oxygenate)

  • Increased work of breathing
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Pathophysiology (in regards to endothelial cell)? Physiological results?

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Endothelial cell injury

  • Increased permeability
  • Neutrophils, red cells, protein rich fluid into interstitial then alveolar spaces
  • Formation of microthrombi
  • Increased pulmonary vascular resistance

Results in: acts like dead space (can’t ventilate -> CO2 increase)

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Radiographic pattern of DAD/ARDS?

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CXR: bilateral infiltrates

  • Maybe diffuse or patchy

CT chest:

  • Heterogeneous and patchy involvement
  • More prominent in dependent regions (lower lobes)
  • Ground glass or consolidative pattern
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What is seen here?

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Nonspecific findings in chest CT of pt with DAD/ARDS

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Principles of treatment?

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  • Recognize and treat the cause
  • Lung protective ventilation
  • Conservative fluid strategy
  • Supportive care
  • Prevent complications
  • Nutritional support
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What may be involved in “treating the cause” of ARDS?

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  • Control sepsis (find source, anti-microbial therapy, drainage of abscess, surgery)
  • Manage trauma (surgical or not)
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How is mechanical ventilation used in ARDS cases (Broadly/Mechanics)

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MECHANICS

Used to take over the work of breathing

  • Blood flow can be redirected to vital organs
  • Allow adequate level of sedation and neuromuscular block

Application of positive pressure to improve oxygenation (up to certain limits)

Adjust ventilation to optimize acid base status (up to certain limits)

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What is the principle of protective ventilation?

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LUNG PROTECTIVE VENTILATION

  • Use of lower tidal volumes (6ml/kg based on IBW)
  • Limit airway pressures (plateau pressure
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What are the goals of ventilation (measurements)?

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GOALS

  • Oxygenation: PaO2 55-80 mHg or SpO2 88-95%
  • Lowest FIO2 and PEEP
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What is PEEP? How does it affect certain lung volumes/functions?

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PEEP = positive end expiratory pressure

  • Increases FRC
  • Decrease alveolar edema
  • Recruitment of collapsed alveoli
  • Avoid repetitive opening and closing of alveoli

(Gas exchange can occur to blood flow even during exhalation)

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What should avoided/minimized in mechanical ventilation?

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  • Avoid lung overdistention
  • Minimize O2 toxicity (keep FiO2 under 60%)
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What are adverse effects of mechanical ventilation?

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Increased intrathoracic pressure can decrease venous return

  • Decreased cardiac output
  • Hypotension - Increased intracranial pressure*
  • Decreased perfusion to visceral organs

*(especially in head trauma pts with cephalic edema, may be better to raise FiO2 than pressure)

Barotrauma

  • Pneumothorax
  • Pneumomediastinum

Ventilator induced lung injury

Need for sedation

Decreased mobility

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Describe conservative fluid management in ARDS cases

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  • Clinical trials have shown decreased duration of mechanical ventilation – 2.5 days
  • Use of diuretics and close monitoring of fluid balance
  • Limited by hypotension and tissue hypoperfusion (kidney insufficiency, increased lactic acid)
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What are the evidence-based recommendations for ARDS therapies?

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What are supportive measures of ARDS?

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  • Hemodynamic support (keep BP high)
  • Sedation and pain control
  • Prophylaxis for DVT, stress ulcer bleeding
  • Prevent aspiration and nosocomial infection
  • Nutritional support
  • Early mobilization and physical therapy
  • Treat co-morbidities: DM, HTN, heart failure, delirium
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Prognosis and Outcome of ARDS?

  • Timeline
  • Factors for increased mortality
  • Etiology (and what cause -> highest mortality)
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Death

  • < 72 hrs: underlying cause
  • > 72 hrs: multi-organ failure

Risk factors for increased mortality

  • Advanced age > 75 yo
  • Sepsis and age > 60 yo
  • Pre-existing organ dysfunction: liver cirrhosis, chronic kidney disease, alcohol abuse, immunosuppression

Etiology:

  • Direct causes > indirect causes
  • Sepsis as a cause carries highest mortality
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Characteristics of ARDS survivor

  • Lung function
  • Impairments
  • Psychiatric
  • Overall health
  • Work
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Recovery of nearly normal lung function

  • Maximum recovery in 6 months
  • 1/3 have nearly normal spirometry and diffusing capacity
  • Extent of recovery is related to severity of lung injury

Physical impairment – low exercise tolerance

Cognitive impairment

Psychiatric morbidity

  • Depression and PTSD

Reduced health related quality of life

Less than half return to work

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Summary

  • ARDS is caused by injury to the integrity of the alveolar-capillary membrane that allows protein rich fluid to escape from the pulmonary capillaries
  • There is cascade of inflammation and repair
  • Management of ARDS is treatment of the underlying cause and supportive care
  • Mortality is decreasing but post-ARDS survivors have significant impairment and disability
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Clinical course of ARDS

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Hemodynamic support

  • Vasopressors; arterial blood pressure monitoring
  • IV fluids; bicarbonate for the severe acidosis

Mechanical ventilation

  • Increased PEEP
  • Low tidal volume
  • Sedation

Look for cause

  • Elevated amylase -?pancreatitis
  • MSSA bronchial fluid

Treat DKA

Nutritional support

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