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Effect of hypercapnia on respiratory and peripheral skeletal muscle loss during critical illness - A pilot study.
Journal of Critical Care 2018 June
INTRODUCTION: Critical illness has profound effects on muscle strength and long-term physical morbidity. However, there remains a paucity of evidence for the aetiology of critical illness related weakness. Recent animal model research identified that hypercapnia may reduce the rate of muscle loss. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of hypercapnia on respiratory and peripheral skeletal muscle in patients with critical illness.
METHODS: A pilot observational study of mechanically ventilated critically ill patients at a tertiary critical care unit who were retrospectively categorised as: 1) Respiratory failure with normocapnia; 2) Respiratory failure with hypercapnia; and 3) brain injury. Diaphragm thickness and quadriceps rectus femoris cross-sectional area (RFCSA) were measured using ultrasound imaging at baseline and at days 3, 5, 7 and 10 of mechanical ventilation.
RESULTS: Significant reductions in RFCSA muscle loss were observed for all time-points when compared to baseline [day 10: -14.9%±8.2 p< 0.001], and in diaphragm thickness between baseline and day 7 [day 7: -5.8%±9.5 p=0.029). No correlation was identified between the rate of muscle mass loss in the diaphragm and RFCSA.
CONCLUSION: In this pilot study, peripheral skeletal muscle weakness occurred early and rapidly within the critical care population, irrespective of carbon dioxide levels.
METHODS: A pilot observational study of mechanically ventilated critically ill patients at a tertiary critical care unit who were retrospectively categorised as: 1) Respiratory failure with normocapnia; 2) Respiratory failure with hypercapnia; and 3) brain injury. Diaphragm thickness and quadriceps rectus femoris cross-sectional area (RFCSA) were measured using ultrasound imaging at baseline and at days 3, 5, 7 and 10 of mechanical ventilation.
RESULTS: Significant reductions in RFCSA muscle loss were observed for all time-points when compared to baseline [day 10: -14.9%±8.2 p< 0.001], and in diaphragm thickness between baseline and day 7 [day 7: -5.8%±9.5 p=0.029). No correlation was identified between the rate of muscle mass loss in the diaphragm and RFCSA.
CONCLUSION: In this pilot study, peripheral skeletal muscle weakness occurred early and rapidly within the critical care population, irrespective of carbon dioxide levels.
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