title: Effects of pressure-controlled and volume-controlled ventilation on respiratory mechanics and systemic stress response during prone position.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Prone position during general anesthesia for special surgical operations may be related with increased airway pressure, decreased pulmonary and thoracic compliance that may be explained by restriction of chest expansion and compression of abdomen. The optimum ventilation mode for anesthetized patients on prone position was not described and studies comparing volume-controlled ventilation (VCV) and pressure-controlled ventilation (PCV) during prone position are limited. We hypothesized that PCV instead of VCV during prone position could achieve lower airway pressures and reduce the systemic stress response. In this study, we aimed to compare the effects of PCV and VCV modes during prone position on respiratory mechanics, oxygenation, and hemodynamics, as well as blood cortisol and insulin levels, which has not been investigated before.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-four ASA I-II patients, 18-70 years of age, who underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy on prone position, were randomly selected to receive either the PCV (Group PC, n = 27) or VCV (Group VC, n = 27) under general anesthesia with sevoflurane and fentanyl. Blood sampling was made for baseline arterial blood gases (ABG), cortisol, insulin, and glucose levels. After anesthesia induction and endotracheal intubation, patients in Group PC were given pressure support to form 8 mL/kg tidal volume and patients in Group VC was maintained at 8 mL/kg tidal volume calculated using predicted body weight. All patients were maintained with 5 cmH2O PEEP. Respiratory parameters were recorded during supine and prone position. Assessment of ABG and sampling for cortisol, insulin and glucose levels were repeated during surgery and 60 min after extubation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  P-peak and P-plateau levels during supine and prone positions were significantly higher and P-mean and compliance levels during prone position were significantly lower in Group VC when compared with Group PC. Postoperative PaO2level was significantly higher in Group PC compared with Group VC. Cortisol levels were increased with surgery in both groups (p < 0.05) and decreased to baseline levels in Group PC while remained high in Group VC in the early postoperative period. Cortisol levels were significantly higher in Group VC during surgery and in the early postoperative period compared with Group PC.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  When compared with VCV mode, PCV mode is associated with lower P-peak and P-plateau levels during both supine and prone positions, better oxygenation postoperatively, lower blood cortisol levels during surgery in prone position and in the early postoperative period. We concluded that PCV mode might be more appropriate in prone position during anesthesia.
authors: Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Ministry of Health Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Oznur
authors: O
authors: Sen
authors: Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Vatan cad, 34093 Fatih, Istanbul Turkey.
authors: Mefkur
authors: M
authors: Bakan
authors: Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Vatan cad, 34093 Fatih, Istanbul Turkey.
authors: Tarik
authors: T
authors: Umutoglu
authors: Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Ministry of Health Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Nurdan
authors: N
authors: Aydın
authors: Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Ministry of Health Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Mehmet
authors: M
authors: Toptas
authors: Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Ministry of Health Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Ibrahim
authors: I
authors: Akkoc
keywords: Airway pressure; Cortisol; Insulin; Mechanical ventilation; Pressure controlled ventilation; Prone position; Stress response; Volume controlled ventilation