Examinando por Autor "Basoalto, Roque"

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    Association of Ventilatory Ratio with Acute Cor Pulmonale and Mortality in COVID-19 ARDS: A Cohort Study
    (Sage Publications, 2025-09-08) Benites, Martín Hernán; Battiato, Romina; Mercado, Pablo; Pairumani, Ronald; Medel, Juan Nicolás; Petruska, Edward; Ugalde, Diego; Morales, Felipe; Eisen, Daniela; Araya, Carla; Montoya, Jorge; Retamal, Jaime; Kattan, Eduardo; Basoalto, Roque; Bugedo, Guillermo; Valenzuela, Emilio Daniel
    Purpose: An elevated ventilatory ratio (VR) and acute cor pulmonale (ACP) are associated with mortality in ARDS patients. The primary aim of this study was to assess the association between VR and ACP in patients with COVID-19-related ARDS (CARDS). The secondary objectives were to analyze the association between VR and ICU mortality, describe VR temporal behavior in survivors and non-survivors, and evaluate the association between VR and pulmonary embolism. Materials and Methods: We studied a cohort of patients with C-ARDS. The VR was calculated using a validated formula. Echocardiography was used to diagnose ACP, and CT pulmonary angiography was performed to identify PE. To evaluate the associations between VR and ACP, mortality, and PE, a generalized logistic regression model was used. Results: Of the 140 subjects, 60 (43%) had a VR < 2, while 80 (57%) had a VR ≥ 2. Patients with a VR ≥2 had a higher risk of developing ACP than those with a VR <2 (Odds Ratio (OR), 3.77; 95% CI: 1.30 - 8.72). The ICU mortality rate was 29%. Of the 40 patients who died, 30 (75%) had a VR ≥ 2. Mortality was significantly associated with VR ≥ 2 and driving pressure ≥ 15 cm H2O. In non-survivor patients with a VR < 2 at ICU admission, a significant increase in VR was observed over the 7-day observation period. No significant association was observed between PE and VR (p = .118). Conclusion: Elevated VR was associated with ACP in patients with C-ARDS. VR ≥ 2 combined with driving pressure ≥ 15 cm H2O significantly improved the ability to identify patients at risk for ACP. Additionally, at ICU admission, elevated VR values and initially low values that increased over the first week were associated with higher ICU mortality
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    Spontaneous breathing promotes lung injury in an experimental model of alveolar collapse
    (Springer Nature, 2022) Bachmann, María Consuelo; Cruces, Pablo; Díaz, Franco; Oviedo, Vanessa; Goich, Mariela; Fuenzalida, José; Damiani, Luis Felipe; Basoalto, Roque; Jalil, Yorschua; Carpio, David; Hamidi Vadeghani, Niki; Cornejo, Rodrigo; Rovegno, Maximiliano; Bugedo, Guillermo; Bruhn, Alejandro; Retamal, Jaime
    Vigorous spontaneous breathing has emerged as a promotor of lung damage in acute lung injury, an entity known as “patient self-inflicted lung injury”. Mechanical ventilation may prevent this second injury by decreasing intrathoracic pressure swings and improving regional air distribution. Therefore, we aimed to determine the effects of spontaneous breathing during the early stage of acute respiratory failure on lung injury and determine whether early and late controlled mechanical ventilation may avoid or revert these harmful effects. A model of partial surfactant depletion and lung collapse was induced in eighteen intubated pigs of 32 ±4 kg. Then, animals were randomized to (1) SB‐group: spontaneous breathing with very low levels of pressure support for the whole experiment (eight hours), (2) Early MV-group: controlled mechanical ventilation for eight hours, or (3) Late MV-group: first half of the experiment on spontaneous breathing (four hours) and the second half on controlled mechanical ventilation (four hours). Respiratory, hemodynamic, and electric impedance tomography data were collected. After the protocol, animals were euthanized, and lungs were extracted for histologic tissue analysis and cytokines quantification. SB-group presented larger esophageal pressure swings, progressive hypoxemia, lung injury, and more dorsal and inhomogeneous ventilation compared to the early MV-group. In the late MV-group switch to controlled mechanical ventilation improved the lung inhomogeneity and esophageal pressure swings but failed to prevent hypoxemia and lung injury. In a lung collapse model, spontaneous breathing is associated to large esophageal pressure swings and lung inhomogeneity, resulting in progressive hypoxemia and lung injury. Mechanical ventilation prevents these mechanisms of patient self-inflicted lung injury if applied early, before spontaneous breathing occurs, but not when applied late