BMC Anesthesiology (May 2023)

Respiratory support with nasal high flow without supplemental oxygen in patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography under moderate sedation: a prospective, randomized, single-center clinical trial

  • Hironori Sawase,
  • Eisuke Ozawa,
  • Hiroshi Yano,
  • Taiga Ichinomiya,
  • Rintaro Yano,
  • Hisamitsu Miyaaki,
  • Naohiro Komatsu,
  • Takao Ayuse,
  • Shinji Kurata,
  • Shuntaro Sato,
  • Maximilian Ichabod Pinkham,
  • Stanislav Tatkov,
  • Kazuto Ashizawa,
  • Kazuyoshi Nagata,
  • Kazuhiko Nakao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-023-02125-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

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Abstract Background Nasal high flow (NHF) may reduce hypoxia and hypercapnia during an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedure under sedation. The authors tested a hypothesis that NHF with room air during ERCP may prevent intraoperative hypercapnia and hypoxemia. Methods In the prospective, open-label, single-center, clinical trial, 75 patients undergoing ERCP performed with moderate sedation were randomized to receive NHF with room air (40 to 60 L/min, n = 37) or low-flow O2 via a nasal cannula (1 to 2 L/min, n = 38) during the procedure. Transcutaneous CO2, peripheral arterial O2 saturation, a dose of administered sedative and analgesics were measured. Results The primary outcome was the incidence of marked hypercapnia during an ERCP procedure under sedation observed in 1 patient (2.7%) in the NHF group and in 7 patients (18.4%) in the LFO group; statistical significance was found in the risk difference (-15.7%, 95% CI -29.1 – -2.4, p = 0.021) but not in the risk ratio (0.15, 95% CI 0.02 – 1.13, p = 0.066). In secondary outcome analysis, the mean time-weighted total PtcCO2 was 47.2 mmHg in the NHF group and 48.2 mmHg in the LFO group, with no significant difference (-0.97, 95% CI -3.35 – 1.41, p = 0.421). The duration of hypercapnia did not differ markedly between the two groups either [median (range) in the NHF group: 7 (0 – 99); median (range) in the LFO group: 14.5 (0 – 206); p = 0.313] and the occurrence of hypoxemia during an ERCP procedure under sedation was observed in 3 patients (8.1%) in the NHF group and 2 patients (5.3%) in the LFO group, with no significant difference (p = 0.674). Conclusions Respiratory support by NHF with room air did not reduce marked hypercapnia during ERCP under sedation relative to LFO. There was no significant difference in the occurrence of hypoxemia between the groups that may indicate an improvement of gas exchanges by NHF. Trial registration jRCTs072190021 . The full date of first registration on jRCT: August 26, 2019.

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