Development of reliable non-contact unrestrained respiratory monitoring is capable of augmenting the safety of hospitalized patients in the recovery phase. We previously discovered respiratory-related centroid shifts along the long axis of the bed with load cells under the bed legs (bed sensor system: BSS). This prospective exploratory observational study examined whether non-contact measurements of respiratory-related tidal centroid shift amplitude (TA-BSS: primary variable) and respiratory rate (RR-BSS: secondary variable) were correlated with tidal volume (TV-PN) and respiratory rate (RR-PN), respectively measured by pneumotachograph in 14 ICU patients under mechanical ventilation. Among the 10-minute average data automatically obtained for a 48-hour period, 14 data were randomly selected from each patient. Successfully and evenly selected 196 data points for each variable were used for the purpose of this study. A good agreement between TA-BSS and TV-PN (Pearson's r = 0.669) and an excellent agreement between RR-BSS and RR-PN (r = 0.982) were observed. Estimated minute ventilatory volume as 3.86*TA-BSS*RR-BSS (MV-BSS) was found to be in very good agreement with true minute volume (MV-PN) (r = 0.836). Although Bland-Altman analysis evidenced accuracy of MV-BSS by a small insignificant fixed bias (-0.02 liter/min), a significant proportional bias of MV-BSS (r = -0.664) appeared to produce larger precision (1.9 liter/min) of MV-BSS. We conclude that contact-free unconstraint respiratory monitoring with load cells under the bed legs may serve as a new clinical monitoring system, when improved.
The relationship between fluid management and the severity of illness, duration of treatment, and outcome of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is not fully understood. This study aimed to evaluate whether weight change during hospitalization was associated with COVID-19 severity, length of hospital stay, and route of admission. In this study, we assessed the effectiveness of fluid restriction management in patients with severe COVID-19. COVID-19 patients admitted to our hospital between July 2020 and October 2021 were analyzed. Patients were treated with standard drug therapy based on the Japanese guidelines and respiratory support according to the severity of the disease. Early enteral nutrition, defecation management, and anticoagulation therapy were also administered. Fluid restriction management was performed using furosemide and continuous renal replacement therapy as needed unless hemodynamic instability or hyperlactatemia was present. Patient background, route of admission (ambulance, A; transfer, T), weight at admission and discharge, the severity of illness (oxygen therapy, G1; mechanical ventilation, G2; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, G3), in-hospital mortality, and length of hospital stay were analyzed. There were 116 subjects: G1 (n = 48), G2 (n = 43), and G3 (n = 25), with ages (median [IQR]) of 58 (47–70), 65 (53–71.5), 56 (51–62) years, 40 (83.3%), 31 (72.1%), and 19 (76.0%) males, respectively. Hospital stays were 4.5 (2–7), 10 (7–16), and 18 (15–26) days, and the in-hospital mortality rates were 0 (0%), 7 (16.3%), and 8 (32%), respectively. Body mass index on admission was 26 (23.1–30.2), 27.1 (22.7–31.1), and 31.5 (27.1–33.1) kg/m2, and weight loss during admission was 1.1 (0–2.9), 4.6 (2.3–5.7), 9.2 (5.6–10.5) kg (P < 0.001, Jonckheere–Terpstra test. Weight loss in the severe group (G2 + G3) was 3.4 (0.5–5.8) kg [A, n = 12] and 5.6 (4.4–9) kg [T, n = 43] [P = 0.026, Mann–Whitney U test]. The lengths of hospital stay were 5 (2–7), 9 (7–15), and 18 (12–26) days [P < 0.001, Jonckheere–Terpstra test]. In our fluid restriction management, patients with severe COVID-19 had significant longer hospital length of stay, weight loss, especially those who were transferred to the hospital.
Background: Complete removal of pain with regional anesthesia has been reported to cause fatal respiratory depression in opioid-dependent patients, which leads us to choose general anesthesia. We hereby report three cases of chronically opioid-treated cancer patients operated under spinal anesthesia without respiratory event. Case presentation: Case 1: a 32-year-old female treated with high-dose morphine for her cancer pain was planned for cesarean section. Case 2: a 65-year-old female on moderate dose of oxycodone was planned for surgery of her femoral bone fracture. Case 3: a 65-year-old male on low-dose oxycodone was planned for intramedullary nailing for metastatic femoral bone tumor. In all three cases, spinal anesthesia was chosen. Continuous respiratory monitoring revealed no apnea or bradypnea. Conclusion: Spinal anesthesia was safely performed without respiratory depression in chronic opioid users for cancer pain.
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