Objective
To investigate the safety of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV)control technique for controlling respiratory movement in patients with thoracic and abdominal tumors with carbon ion precision therapy.
Methods
A total of 33 patients with thoracic and abdominal malignant tumors who were hospitalized in Wuwei Cancer Hospital of Gansu Province from January 2023 to July 2024 and treated with carbon ion under the control of HFOV were selected as the study group.Heart rate (HR), mean arterial pressure (MAP), oxygen saturation (SO2), transcutaneous oxygen pressure (tcpO2), transcutaneous carbon dioxide partial pressure (tcpCO2) before treatment, after endotracheal intubation, 4D-CT positioning, target delineation for 30 min, 4D-CT reduction, carbon ion therapy for 30 min, 60 min, 90 min, 120 min, resuscitation,after extubation, and the maximum motion degree of diaphragm in the direction of head and foot in the state of spontaneous breathing and HFOV were statistically analyzed.42 patients with thoracic and abdominal malignant tumors treated with carbon ion therapy without HFOV were selected as the control group, and the positioning error, margin of planning target volume (MPTV), and adverse reaction and treatment of the two groups were analyzed.
Results
Most lung and liver tumors had multiple lesions, with a maximum of 24 lesions is 33 cases of the study group.All patients with multiple lesions were treated at one time.There were no significant differences in HR, MAP before, during, or after treatment (P>0.05).SO2, tcpO2 were lower than those in other stages before treatment (P<0.001).SO2 was lower at resuscitation and after extubation than at the end of endotracheal intubation to carbon ion therapy, and higher than before treatment (P<0.001).tcpO2 and tcpCO2 were higher than those in other stages after 90 minutes and 120 minutes of carbon ion treatment (P<0.001).The maximum motion degree in the head and foot direction of the diaphragm in HFOV was 1.30 (0.80, 2.00) mm,which was significantly lower than that of 19.00 (11.30, 31.20) mm in the spontaneous breathing state (P<0.001).The positioning errors of carbon ion therapy in study group were 1.13 (0.16, 2.02) mm on X-axis, 1.57 (0.12,5.26) mm on Y-axis and 1.21 (0.10, 6.19) mm on Z-axis.In the control group, the X-axis was 1.23 (0.98,2.85) mm, Y-axis was 2.52 (1.27, 3.51) mm, Z-axis was 1.64 (0.73, 3.08) mm, there were significant differences between the two groups (P<0.001).The external boundary in the study group were 1.13 (0.70, 1.47) mm on the X-axis, 1.57 (0.89, 2.41) mm on the Y-axis, and 1.21 (0.74, 1.61) on the Z-axis mm, the external boundary of the control group was 1.22 (1.15, 1.29) mm on the X-axis, 2.51 (2.04, 2.66) mm on the Y-axis and 1.63 (1.49, 1.75)mm on the Z-axis, there were significant differences in the Y-axis and Z-axis of the external boundary between the two groups (P<0.001), while there was no statistically significant difference in the X-axis of the external boundary between the two groups (P>0.05).Hypertension occurred in 1 patient and CO2 retention occurred in 1 patient.After extubation, 2 patients developed nausea and vomiting, 9 of 33 patients developed radiation pneumonia, in which 7 cases of grade 1 and 2 cases of grade 2.
Conclusion
The HFOV control technique is safe for controlling the respiratory movement of patients with thoracic and abdominal tumors.It can reduce the positioning error of patients during carbon ion therapy, narrow MPTV, and enable patients to get high-dose, more accurate and less side effects of carbon ion therapy, and improve the curative effect.