Effects of obesity, pneumoperitoneum, and body position on mechanical power of intraoperative ventilation: an observational study
Abstract
Mechanical power can describe the complex interaction between the respiratory system and the ventilator and may predict lung injury or pulmonary complications, but the power associated with injury of healthy human lungs is unknown. Body habitus and surgical conditions may alter mechanical power but the effects have not been measured. In a secondary analysis of an observational study of obesity and lung mechanics during robotic laparoscopic surgery, we comprehensively quantified the static elastic, dynamic elastic, and resistive energies comprising mechanical power of ventilation. We stratified by body mass index (BMI) and examined power at four surgical stages: level after intubation, with pneumoperitoneum, in Trendelenburg, and level after releasing the pneumoperitoneum. Esophageal manometry was used to estimate transpulmonary pressures. Mechanical power of ventilation and its bioenergetic components increased over BMI categories. Respiratory system and lung power were nearly doubled in subjects with class 3 obesity compared with lean at all stages. Power dissipated into the respiratory system was increased with class 2 or 3 obesity compared with lean. Increased power of ventilation was associated with decreasing transpulmonary pressures. Body habitus is a prime determinant of increased intraoperative mechanical power. Obesity and surgical conditions increase the energies dissipated into the respiratory system during ventilation. The observed elevations in power may be…
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