CO2 Removal: Pump Assisted Lung Protection (PALP) enables protective ventilation
In severe cases of respiratory failure the CARDIOHELP life support system can be used in combination with protective ventilation for pump assisted lung protection (PALP) to reduce the CO2 level in the blood. In these cases, protective ventilation focuses on 6 ml/kg (instead of 12 ml/kg BW) tidal volume within the limits of a certain airway pressure and respiratory rate. These ventilation limits cause higher CO2 levels than normal, which is acceptable in many situations (concept of permissive hypercapnia). However, in some cases complications due to high CO2 levels (acidosis, pulmonary hypertension) occur and some patients need low to normal CO2 levels to protect the brain.
- Places of use: ICU
- Fields of applications:
- Severe respiratory failure, e.g. ARDS;
- Severe COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
- CARDIOHELP thApp: PALP
- Customer and patient value: extracorporeal CO2 removal enables protective ventilation to be used
- Special feature: allows CO2 removal for up to 30 days of ECLS
- Access to patient: percutaneous cannulation of either jugular or subclavian and femoral veins
