Oxygen dynamic change in severely injured patients complicated with acute respiratory distress syndrome in Xining area
MA Siqing
(Intensive Care Unit, Qinghai Provincial People's Hospital, Xining 810007, China)
Absract:Objective To discuss the changes of oxygen delivery in the severely injured patients complicated with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in Xining. Methods Twenty severely injured patients complicated with ARDS were monitored by Swan-Ganz catheter and thermodilution . Results The oxygen delivery (DO2) and oxygen consumption (VO2) of both the survival group (Group S) and the death group (Group D) increased in 1-2 days. A pathological oxygen supply dependence emerged (r=0.6176,P<0.05). However, there were no significant differences between Group S and Group D. After 4-5 days of treatment, VO2 and DO2 in Group S increased (r=0.6547, P<0.05). When DO2 reached 700 ml·min-1.m-2,VO2 increased slowely, and then a “platform effect” occurred. The oxygen extraction rate (O2ext) in both groups was low during the monitoring. Conclusions The compensation functions of the O2ext in the severely injured patients complicated with ARDS show obvious disorders which leading to the oxygen supply dependence of VO2 to DO2. Therefore, it suggests that DO2 should reach 700 ml·min-1.m-2 or more in the treatment.