A model of the spontaneously breathing patient: applications to intrinsic PEEP and work of breathing.

Intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEPi) and inspiratory work of breathing (WI) are important factors in the management of severe obstructive respiratory disease. We used a computer model of spontaneously breathing patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to assess the sensitivity of measurement techniques for dynamic PEEPi (PEEPidyn) and WI to expiratory muscle activity (EMA) and cardiogenic oscillations (CGO) on esophageal pressure. Without EMA and CGO, both PEEPidyn and WI were accurately estimated (r = 0.999 and 0.95, respectively). Addition of moderate EMA caused PEEPidyn and WI to be systematically overestimated by 141 and 52%, respectively. Furthermore, CGO introduced large random errors, obliterating the correlation between the true and estimated values for both PEEPidyn (r = 0.29) and WI (r = 0.38). Thus the accurate estimation of PEEPidyn and WI requires steps to be taken to ameliorate the adverse effects of both EMA and CGO. Taking advantage of our simulations, we also investigated the relationship between PEEPidyn and static PEEPi (PEEPistat). The PEEPidyn/PEEPistat ratio decreased as stress adaptation in the lung was increased, suggesting that heterogeneity of expiratory flow limitation is responsible for the discrepancies between PEEPidyn and PEEPistat that have been reported in patients with severe airway obstruction.

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