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<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">V</span><span class="elsevierStyleInf"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">T</span></span> is required to compute respiratory system compliance or ventilatory ratio&#44; useful indices in the classification of patient phenotype and estimation of prognosis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0065"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#44;4</span></a></p><p id="par0010" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Whereas measuring the pressures characterizing mechanical ventilation &#40;e&#46;g&#46;&#44; peak inspiratory or positive end-expiratory pressures&#41; is direct and straightforward using pressure transducers&#44; actual <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">V</span><span class="elsevierStyleInf"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">T</span></span> measurements are complex since several computations are required&#46; First&#44; correct calibration values are required for the flow measuring device &#40;usually a pneumotachograph&#41; according to the oxygen fraction being used&#46; For instance&#44; to avoid a 12&#46;5&#37; volume overestimation when changing ventilation from room air to oxygen&#44; the ventilator should automatically correct for the change in pneumotachograph resistance caused by the changes in gas viscosity&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0075"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> Second&#44; correction for the compressibility of the ventilator circuit is essential since a fraction of the inspiratory volume measured at the ventilator outlet is shunted by compression and thus not delivered to the patient&#46; For a typical value of ventilator circuit compliance &#40;2<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mL&#47;cmH<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span>O&#41;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0080"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a> and an inspiratory pressure of 25<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>cmH<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span>O&#44; the volume of shunted air is 50<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mL &#40;&#8776;10&#37; 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In many instances&#44; the clinicians will be unaware of whether and how the ventilator algorithms operate because they are commonly proprietary and generally undisclosed&#44; and their implementation and results may differ among manufacturers&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0090"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a> In other situations&#44; and regardless of the ventilator type being used&#44; errors in measured <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">V</span><span class="elsevierStyleInf"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">T</span></span> occur even in a priori well-maintained devices<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0095"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a> and are particularly frequent in low- and middle-income countries &#40;LMIC&#41;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0100"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a> Assessment of the actual <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">V</span><span class="elsevierStyleInf"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">T</span></span> values delivered by the ventilator can be carried out by commercially available systems specially designed for this purpose&#46; 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<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>B shows a low-cost chamber implementation made using 15-cm diameter PVC tubing components that are widely available in hardware stores&#46; In practical terms&#44; the test lung &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>A&#41; simply plays the role of an arbitrary patient impedance subjected to ventilation&#46; As the method described herein is aimed at comparing the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">V</span><span class="elsevierStyleInf"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">T</span></span> measured by the ventilator with its actual value measured by water displacement&#44; the specific resistance and compliance of the simulated patient are not relevant provided they are within realistic boundaries&#44; making it easy to choose among different options&#46; For instance&#44; we included a low-cost setting consisting of an orifice-type resistance &#40;12&#46;1<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>cmH<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span>O<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>s&#47;L at 0&#46;3<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>L&#47;s&#59; like in the Siemens-190 test lung&#41; and a common 2-L anesthesia bag&#46; Since the walls of this type of bag virtually do not exert elastic pressure for typical <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">V</span><span class="elsevierStyleInf"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">T</span></span> values &#40;&#60;2<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>cmH<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span>O up to 1&#46;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>L&#41;&#44; the effective compliance of the simulated patient is very close to the compliance &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C</span>&#41; corresponding to the increasing pressure &#40;&#916;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">P</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">&#961;</span>&#183;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">g</span>&#183;&#916;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">h</span>&#59; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">&#961;</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>1<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>g&#47;mL&#44; and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">g</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>9&#46;8<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>m&#47;s<span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span>&#41; applied by water to the external wall of the bag as h increases during inspiration&#46; Specifically&#44; as &#916;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">V</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">S</span>&#183;&#916;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">h</span>&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#916;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">V</span>&#47;&#916;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">P</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">S</span>&#47;&#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">&#961;</span>&#183;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">g</span>&#41;&#46; In the setting of <a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>B&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">S</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>43&#46;01<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>cm<span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span> and hence <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>43&#46;8<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mL&#47;cmH<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span>O&#44; a figure within the range of respiratory compliance in adult patients&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0065"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a> As it is readily apparent&#44; the dimensions of the setting in <a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>B can be reduced if the aim is focused on assessing <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">V</span><span class="elsevierStyleInf"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">T</span></span> in pediatric ventilators&#46; Interestingly&#44; the precision in measuring volume emerges as being inversely proportional to section S of the vertical tube&#46; Assuming the 1-mm resolution in the common ruler for assessing h in the setting in <a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>B&#44; resolution in <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">V</span><span class="elsevierStyleInf"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">T</span></span> measurement is 4&#46;3<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mL&#44; which corresponds to 0&#46;43&#37; and 0&#46;86&#37; for maximum and typical <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">V</span><span class="elsevierStyleInf"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">T</span></span> values of 1000 and 500<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mL&#44; respectively&#46; Such precision is by far sufficient to detect any potential real-life errors when <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">V</span><span class="elsevierStyleInf"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">T</span></span> is measured by mechanical ventilators&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0090"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8&#8211;10</span></a> The practical suitability and usefulness of the simple method proposed herein should be assessed in future studies evaluating mechanical ventilators by comparison with gold standard volume sensors&#46;</p><p id="par0030" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In conclusion&#44; we describe the concept and implementation of a simple and inexpensive method to measure the tidal volume delivered by a mechanical ventilator&#46; As the procedure is straightforward and does not require complex equipment&#44; clinical staff can perform such estimates in the ICU at the patient&#39;s bedside&#46; The method can help verify the accuracy of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">V</span><span class="elsevierStyleInf"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">T</span></span> in otherwise well-serviced settings and can be a realistic and easily implementable quality control procedure in LMIC regions where routine maintenance of medical devices is not necessarily widely available&#46;</p></span>"
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A Simple Procedure to Measure the Tidal Volume Delivered by Mechanical Ventilators: A Tool for Bedside Verification and Quality Control
Ramon Farréa,b,c,
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rfarre@ub.edu

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, Antonio Artigasb,d, Antoni Torresb,c,e, Guillermo M. Albaicetab,f, Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuang, David Gozalh
a Unitat de Biofísica i Bioenginyeria, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
b CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain
c Institut Investigacions Biomediques August Pi Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain
d Corporació Sanitària Universitària Parc Tauli, I3PT, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain
e Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
f Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Cardiológicos. Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
g Service de Physiologie-Explorations Fonctionnelles, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
h Department of Child Health, The University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, USA

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A Simple Procedure to Measure the Tidal Volume Delivered by Mechanical Ventilators: A Tool for Bedside Verification and Quality Control

Ramon Farré, Antonio Artigas, Antoni Torres, Guillermo M. Albaiceta, Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan, David Gozal
10.1016/j.arbres.2022.07.008
Arch Bronconeumol. 2023;59:61-2
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