Ventilation With ASV Mode in Children

The objective of the study is to assess the feasibility of ASV in children and compare physiologic values on ASV mode to Pressure-Control and Pressure-Support mode of ventilation regarding the participant is on active or passive ventilation phase.

Physiologic values will be monitored on different modes of ventilation in a randomized order. Each participant will be his own control regarding the different modes of ventilation. Monitoring will be done during 90 minutes for each mode of ventilation.

Participant will have two different phases of ventilation. The first one is the passive phase (participant does not trigger the ventilator cycle sustainly) in which ASV and Pressure-Control Ventilation will be performed in a randomized order. The second phase will be the active ventilation phase (participant does trigger the ventilator cycle sustainly) in which ASV and Pressure-Support Ventilation will be performed in a randomized order.

Inclusion criteria

• children on invasive mechanical ventilation admitted in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Lausanne University Hospital
• Body weight > 6kg
• Absence of pulmonary comorbidity
• Age < 10 years

Exclusion criteria

• Patient already included in other interventional clinical study
• body weight < 6kg
• age > 10 years
• more than 20% of air leak around endotracheal tube
• chronic or acute pulmonary disease (ARDS, cystic fibrosis, severe asthma, lobectomy, severe bronchomalacia or severe tracheomalacia)
• severe pulmonary hypertension on inhaled nitric oxide treatment
• severe hemodynamic instability (more than 0.5mcg/kg/min of norepinephrine infusion or other high dose vasoactive agent infusion)
• intracranial hypertension (more than 20mmHg if measured) or suspected intracranial hypertension