Percentage of patients with median tidal volumes less than or equal to 8 mL/kg.

The use of lung protective ventilation techniques (low tidal volumes and positive end-expiratory pressure) should be part of standard anesthetic practice for most cases that require positive pressure ventilation. Several randomized controlled trials, as well as a meta-analysis in 2015 describe the benefit with low vs high tidal volume techniques.^1-6

Case Start to Case End (see other measure build details)

Patients undergoing endotracheal intubation.

• ASA 5 and 6 cases
• Cases in which patients are mechanically ventilated for less than 45 cumulative minutes
• Cases where Epoprostenol is administered as an inhalational agent
• Cases without a documented sex
• Cases without a documented height
• Patients age < 12 years
• Patients 12-17 years old with a height <91.4cm (36 in) or >213.4cm (84 in)
• Patients < 20kg
• Patients ≥ 18 years old with a height <121.9cm (48 in) OR >213.4cm (84 in)
• One lung ventilation procedures as indicated by intraoperative notes or note details mapped to one of the following MPOG concepts:
  • 50501: Thoracic: Single-lung ventilation
  • 50202: Thoracic: Single-lung ventilation, side detail

Median tidal volume ≤ 8 ml/ kg predicted body weight for the time period between Case Start and Case End.

• For a given case, this measure will exclude periods when patients are not under positive pressure ventilation (coded in the measure to exclude minutes where Peak Inspiratory Pressure – PEEP </= 6).
  • Peak Inspiratory Pressure determined by values mapped to MPOG Concept 3185. If no PIP documented, PIP is considered null and tidal volume is included.
  • PEEP will be determined using values associated with the following variables:
    1.  Use Measured PEEP (MPOG Concept: 3210). If not documented,
    2.  Use Set PEEP (MPOG Concept: 3212). If not documented,
    3.  Assume PEEP = 0.
• For a case to be included for the PUL-02 measure, it must have at least 45 valid values of actual tidal volume or set tidal volume
• In determining median tidal volume, if any value greater than two (2) is documented, it is assumed that tidal volume is documented in milliliters (mL). If all values are less than two (2), tidal volume is assumed to be measured in liters (L).
• For patients ≥18 years old with height>121.9cm (48 in) but <213.4cm (84 in), the following equation is used to determine Predicted Body Weight. For patients less than 5 feet, 5 feet (152.4 cm) will be used for the IBW formula:
  • Male patients: 50kg + 0.91kg * (height in cm - 152.4)
  • Female patients: 45.5kg + 0.91kg * (height in cm - 152.4)
• For patients 12-17 years old and height > 91.4cm (36 in) but <213.4cm (84 in), the McLaren Method is used to determine Predicted Body Weight. The McLaren Method is the most commonly used method to determine PBW in children and uses growth charts to determine IBW by identifying the 50^th percentile height for age, then using that height to determine 50^th percentile weight. This weight is the patient’s Predicted Body Weight (PBW).⁷
• “Actual tidal volume” trumps “set tidal volume” if there are at least 45 valid “actual tidal volume” measurements. If there are no values for “actual tidal volume”, “set tidal volume” is used.

Algorithm for determining Case Start/End Times:

• Start
  • Patient In Room. If not available, then
  • Induction End. If not available, then
  • Anesthesia Start
•  End
  • Patient out of room. If not available, then
  • Anesthesia End

Primary Provider - Provider(s) present for longest duration of the case per staff role. 

In the event that two or more providers in the same class are signed in for the same duration, all providers signed in for the longest duration will be attributed.

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2. Fernandez-Perez ER, Keegan MT, Brown DR, Hubmayr RD, Gajic O. Intraoperative tidal volume as a risk factor for respiratory failure after pneumonectomy. Anesthesiology. 2006;105(1):14-18.
3. Futier E, Constantin JM, Paugam-Burtz C, et al. A trial of intraoperative low-tidal-volume ventilation in abdominal surgery. The New England journal of medicine. 2013;369(5):428-437.
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