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JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE
Volume 26, Issue 3, Pages 262-272Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2010.07.010
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Complexity; Entropy; Heart rate variability; Weaning outcome
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- European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
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Purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate heart rate (HR) and respiratory rate (RR) complexity in patients with weaning failure or success, using both linear and nonlinear techniques. Materials and Methods: Forty-two surgical patients were enrolled in the study. There were 24 who passed and 18 who failed a weaning trial. Signals were analyzed for 10 minutes during 2 phases: (1) pressure support (PS) ventilation (15-20 cm H2O) and (2) weaning trials with PS (5 cm H2O). Low-and high-frequency (LF, HF) components of HR signals, HR multiscale entropy (MSE), RR sample entropy, cross-sample entropy between cardiorespiratory signals, Poincare plots, and alpha 1 exponent were computed in all patients and during the 2 phases of PS. Results: Weaning failure patients exhibited significantly decreased RR sample entropy, LF, HF, and alpha 1 exponent, compared with weaning success subjects (P < .001). Their changes were opposite between the 2 phases, except for MSE that increased between and within groups (P < .001). A new model including rapid shallow breathing index (RSBI), alpha 1 exponent, RR, and cross-sample entropies predicted better weaning outcome compared with RSBI, airway occlusion pressure at 0.1 second (P-0.1), and RSBI x P-0.1 (conventional model, R-2 = 0.887 vs 0.463; P < .001). Areas under the curve were 0.92 vs 0.86, respectively (P < .005). Conclusions: We suggest that nonlinear analysis of cardiorespiratory dynamics has increased prognostic impact upon weaning outcome in surgical patients. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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