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Driving Pressure
Definition, Physiology, Value and Limitations
JOSHUA SOLOMON, MD
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE
NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH
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Outline
• Background
• What is Driving Pressure?
• Value of Driving Pressure
• How do we use it in clinical practice
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Normal
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ARDS
“Functional
Lung”
Lungs aren’t STIFF – they are SMALL!
Consolidation
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Tonetti et al. Annals of Trans Med 2017; 5: 286
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Pressure
Resp
Rate
Volume
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POWER
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Lung Compliance
• Is change in volume for
any given change in
pressure
• Formula - △V/△P
• Hysteresis – inspiration
and exhalation are
different due to the extra
work to recruit and
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ARDS Net Trial
◦ Low tidal volume
◦ <6 ml/kg vs. 12ml/kg
◦ Low plateau pressure
◦ <30 cm H<sub>2</sub>0
◦ Reduced mortality by 9% (39%
to 31%)
◦ Survival with ARDS 69%
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Where is the most benefit?
• Low VT
• Low plateau pressures
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Driving Pressure
• Driving pressure normalizes the tidal volume to
the compliance of the respiratory system
△
P = V
<sub>t</sub>
/ C
<sub>RS</sub>
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Driving Pressure
•
DP normalizes the tidal volume to the
compliance of the respiratory system
△
P = V
<sub>t</sub>
/ C
<sub>RS</sub>
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• PEEP and VT set by
clinician
• Plateau are dependent on
settings
• Crs is derived and forms
slope of △V/△P
• The Crs changes
• Curve A – over distention
• Curve B – recruitment
maneuver
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How to determine Driving Pressure
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Limitations to Driving Pressure
• Its value is dependent on compliance
◦ Low compliance will result in low VT
◦ Hard to develop a universal DP
• Doesn’t accurately reflect transpulmonary
pressure
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Amato et al. NEJM 2016; 372: 747-755x
• Hypothesis that △P would be more predictive of
survival than PEEP and tidal volume
• Looked at data on 3562 patients in 9 prior ARDS
trials
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Amato et al. NEJM 2016; 372: 747-755
VARIABLES IN MODEL
Treatment group (lung protective, control)
Patient Characteristics
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Amato et al. NEJM 2016; 372: 747-755
• One standard deviation increase in △P (7cm
H2O) <i>increases mortality by 40% </i>(p < 0.001)
◦ This holds true for patients on “protective” plateau and
VT (mortality increase 36%, p < 0.001)
• Changes in VT or PEEP didn’t improve mortality
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Amato et al. NEJM 2016; 372: 747-755
• CONCLUSION
◦ △P is a better measure of the functional lung size (better
than predicted weight) and correlated with cyclic strain
◦ Vt should be adjusted to Crs
• LIMITATIONS
◦ Patients <i>CAN’T </i>be breathing
◦ Can’t extrapolate to Pplat>40, PEEP <5, RR > 35
◦ Didn’t measure transpulmonary pressure
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Driving Pressure and
Transpulmonary Pressure
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• Looked at 7 studies (5 secondary analyses and 2
observational) with 6062 patients
• Association between higher △P and mortality
• Suggest a target pressure of 13 to 15 cmH2O
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How to use it today
• Not ready to start adjusting ventilators to a
target △P
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What we need
• Prospective randomized trial looking at:
◦ Variables : △P, Pplat, Vt and transpulmonary pressure,
PEEP
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Conclusion
• Driving pressure is an easily measured variable
that corrects the VT for lung compliance
• Data <i><b>SUGGEST</b></i> that it may be a better predictor
of outcome
• We should still use VT of 6cc/kg and Pplat as
targets in ARDS ventilation
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