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The present protocol will demonstrate the feasibility and efficacy of a newly developed mode of mechanical ventilation, Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist, commonly known as NAVA. During NAVA, the timing and magnitude of pressure delivered are controlled by the infants' diaphragm electrical activity (EAdi), a validated measurement of neural respiratory drive. Recent clinical trials in adults and term infants have shown that NAVA is more synchronous than conventional pressure support ventilation, and that NAVA delivers lower mean airway pressures to achieve the same ventilation and respiratory muscle unloading. NAVA has recently been approved for use in infants by Health Canada and the FDA in the United States, and is commercially available on the Servoi ventilator (Maquet Critical Care, Solna, Sweden). The present protocol is designed as a "case study" where the researchers responsible would like to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of ventilating an infant on NAVA with the Servoi for 12 hours, and to compare it to conventional ventilation.
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Aim: To demonstrate the feasibility and efficacy of delivering NAVA in an intubated infant with the Servoi ventilator.
Measurements: All ventilatory and EAdi parameters will be stored in a laptop computer connected to the ventilator. SAO2 will be measured via pulse oximetry with a probe placed on one of the infant's extremities. End Tidal PCO2 measurements will also be made via probe placed on the Y piece of the respirator circuit.
General protocol sequence:
NAVA for 12 hours Following the titration of PEEP and the NAVA level, the infant will be ventilated on NAVA with the titrated levels. The following will be monitored and recorded for 20 min at 1 hour intervals: Phasic EAdi, tonic EAdi, tidal volume, ventilator-delivered pressure, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, end tidal PCO2, and heart rate.
The NAVA level and PEEP levels can be adjusted throughout the study period, and is based on clinical judgment (as they would routinely do for a conventional mode). Following any new setting, the 12 hour period will continue with those new settings. Following the end of this 12th hour of NAVA, the feeding tube with the sensors will remain in place for feeding the patient as per ICU protocol.
Protocol termination criteria: If the infant demonstrates a sustained change in any of the following, the protocol will be terminated:
Monitoring during conventional ventilation after discontinuation of NAVA (1 hour):
In order to compare NAVA to conventional ventilation, monitoring will be continued with conventional settings on the Servoi ventilator for 1 hour. The following will be monitored and recorded at 20 min intervals: Phasic EAdi, tonic EAdi, tidal volume, respiratory rate, saturation, CO2, HR. Following this, the baby will be returned to the ventilator and settings determined by the clinical team.
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Analysis and statistics
NAVA level titration: A continuous analysis will be performed breath-by-breath for phasic EAdi, ventilator-delivered pressure, respiratory rate and tidal volume. These values will be plotted versus the NAVA level. The NAVA level at the inflection point will be compared to the NAVA level initially used to match the conventional ventilation settings.
NAVA for 12 hours: EAdi signals will be processed automatically by the ventilator with standardized automated algorithms that have been implemented in to the Servoi. Phasic and tonic EAdi, as well as the ventilatory parameters (Vt, rr, SAO2, CO2) will be quantified breath-by breath and the last 20 min of each hour will be analyzed.
IN order to compare patient-ventilator synchrony between NAVA vs Conventional ventilation, trigger delays and cycling-off delays will be compared for each subject between the 2 modes. Paired t-tests will be used for this comparison.
Repeated measures ANOVA will be used to verify significant changes in variables over the twelve hour intervention period. The impact of PEEP on tonic diaphragm activity and the impact of NAVA level on tidal volume, pressures, and phasic diaphragm activity will also be compared by RM ANOVA.
Sample size determination: This is a case study and we will include 5 infants.
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