Transnasal humidified rapid insufflation ventilatory exchange for oxygenation of children during apnoea: a prospective randomised controlled trial.

Riva, Thomas; Pedersen, Tina Heidi; Seiler, Stefan Jürg; Kasper, Nina Elisabeth; Theiler, Lorenz; Greif, Robert; Kleine-Brüggeney, Maren (2018). Transnasal humidified rapid insufflation ventilatory exchange for oxygenation of children during apnoea: a prospective randomised controlled trial. British journal of anaesthesia, 120(3), pp. 592-599. Elsevier 10.1016/j.bja.2017.12.017

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BACKGROUND

Transnasal humidified rapid insufflation ventilatory exchange (THRIVE) comprises the administration of heated, humidified, and blended air/oxygen mixtures via nasal cannula at rates of ≥2 litres kg min. The aim of this randomized controlled study was to evaluate the length of the safe apnoea time using THRIVE with two different oxygen concentrations (100% vs 30% oxygen) compared with standard low-flow 100% oxygen administration.

METHODS

Sixty patients, aged 1-6 yr, weighing 10-20 kg, undergoing general anaesthesia for elective surgery, were randomly allocated to receive one of the following oxygen administration methods during apnoea: 1) low-flow 100% oxygen at 0.2 litres kg min; 2) THRIVE 100% oxygen at 2 litres kg min; and 3) THRIVE 30% oxygen at 2 litres kg min. Primary outcome was time to desaturation to 95%. Termination criteria included SpOdecreased to 95%, transcutaneous COincreased to 65 mmHg, or apnoea time of 10 min.

RESULTS

The median (interquartile range) [range] apnoea time was 6.9 (5.7-7.8) [2.8-10.0] min for low-flow 100% oxygen, 7.6 (6.2-9.1) [5.2-10.0] min for THRIVE 100% oxygen, and 3.0 (2.4-3.7) [0.2-5.3] min for THRIVE 30% oxygen. No significant difference was detected between apnoea times with low-flow and THRIVE 100% oxygen administration (P=0.15). THRIVE with 30% oxygen demonstrated significantly shorter apnoea times (P<0.001) than both 100% oxygen modalities. The overall rate of transcutaneous COincrease was 0.57 (0.49-0.63) [0.29-8.92] kPa minwithout differences between the 3 groups (P=0.25).

CONCLUSIONS

High-flow 100% oxygen (2 litres kg min) administered via nasal cannulas did not extend the safe apnoea time for children weighing 10-20 kg compared with low-flow nasal cannula oxygen (0.2 litres kg min). No ventilatory effect was observed with THRIVE at 2.0 litres kg min.

CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION

NCT02979067.

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