Sitting Position and Blood Oxygenation in ICU Patient
Sitting Position and Blood Oxygenation in ICU Patient
The positioning of the ICU patient is a daily concern of the medical and paramedical teams.
 Developments in emergency medicine and sedation and analgesia techniques have made it
 possible to reduce patient mortality. However, considered too unstable, patients were no
 longer mobilized outside the bed until the complete resolution of the symptoms that led to
 hospitalization or surgery.

 Despite encouraging results for early mobilization, bed and rest remained the most widespread
 positioning technique worldwide with the emergence of intensive care units, mechanical
 ventilation and sedation/analgesia/curarization. The result is peripheral muscular amyotrophy
 and respiratory muscular amyotrophy, with increased length of stay and exacerbated
 morbidity/mortality several years after discharge from ICU.

 Numerous studies have shown the value of early mobilization of the ICU patient to preserve
 functional and muscular capital.

 However, few studies have evaluated the value of mobilizing the ICU patient from the bed in
 order to improve oxygenation. The lack of mobility outside the bed causes condensation of the
 pulmonary parenchyma at the bases and in the dorsal region when the patient is lying down or
 in a prolonged semi-seated position.

 In awake spontaneously ventilated patients, whether intubated on ventilatory support
 (Pressure Support), non-invasive ventilation (NIV) or high flow nasal oxygen therapy (HFNO),
 the reference position is a semi-seated patient with the head of the resuscitation bed tilted
 at 30°. The problem with this position in the bed is that patients tend to slide toward the
 foot of the bed. This migration is due to gravity or the design of the ICU bed. The end
 result of this migration is that the inclination indicated by the bed head inclinometer does
 not correspond to the actual angulation between the patient's lower limbs and trunk. The
 patient finds himself "compressed" in the lower abdomen, which can lead to compression of the
 diaphragm and thus hypoventilation in the postero-caudal regions of the lungs.

 Our hypothesis is that the chair position (outside the ICU bed) allows, without modification
 of the ventilatory parameters, to improve the alveolar ventilation and thus the oxygenation
 of the arterial blood, compared to the "natural" semi-seated position in the ICU bed, in
 patients with spontaneous ventilation (PS/NIV/HFNO).
This is a monocentric, comparative, randomized, open-label trial comparing two methods of
 "seated" positioning of the ICU patient, chair versus natural position in bed, on arterial
 blood oxygenation

 1. Sitting in a Chair position For patients randomized in the chair group, we will perform
 the transfer to the chair immediately after the morning arterial blood gas. The chair
 position will be maintained for 3 hours, if the patient shows no clinical signs of
 discomfort or intolerance.

 2. Semi-recumbent position in bed The patient will benefit from conventional positioning
 techniques in the ICU bed. With the help of the medical monitoring software present in
 the wards, we will note the different nursing care given to the patient during the 3
 hours following the morning arterial gasometry.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Patient ≥ 18 years old in intensive care unit (ICU) or surgical intensive care unit
 (SICU)

 -  Intubated and under mechanical invasive ventilation for at least 24 hours or under
 non-invasive ventilation for more than 12 hours a day or under continuous high-flow
 nasal oxygen therapy for more than 24 hours or alternating NIV/HFNO.

 -  Patient or next of kin who has expressed consent to participate in the study

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Tracheotomized patient

 -  Patient with a contraindication to sitting in a chair

 -  Deep vein thrombosis not effectively anticoagulated

 -  Fracture or orthopaedic disorder contra indicating mobilization

 -  Lung Embolism

 -  Hemodynamic instability with Average Arterial Pressure < 65 mmHg or a vasopressor
 amine dose greater than 0.5 ug/kg/min

 -  Pregnant or breastfeeding woman

 -  Therapeutic limitation with decision of non-reintubation in case of extubation failure

 -  Non-affiliated or non-beneficiary patient of a social security scheme

 -  Person deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision

 -  Person under guardianship or curators

 -  Patient already included in the study