Bhushan H Katira1,2,3, Regan E Giesinger1,4, Doreen Engelberts1, Diana Zabini5, Alik Kornecki6, Gail Otulakowski1, Takeshi Yoshida1,2,3, Wolfgang M Kuebler7,8,5, Patrick J McNamara1,4, Kim A Connelly5, Brian P Kavanagh1,2,9,3,8. 1. 1 The Research Institute. 2. 2 Department of Critical Care Medicine. 3. 3 Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine. 4. 4 Department of Pediatrics, and. 5. 5 Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Sciences, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and. 6. 6 Department of Pediatrics, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada. 7. 7 Department of Surgery, and. 8. 8 Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 9. 9 Department of Anesthesia, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Abstract
RATIONALE: In the original 1974 in vivo study of ventilator-induced lung injury, Webb and Tierney reported that high Vt with zero positive end-expiratory pressure caused overwhelming lung injury, subsequently shown by others to be due to lung shear stress. OBJECTIVES: To reproduce the lung injury and edema examined in the Webb and Tierney study and to investigate the underlying mechanism thereof. METHODS: Sprague-Dawley rats weighing approximately 400 g received mechanical ventilation for 60 minutes according to the protocol of Webb and Tierney (airway pressures of 14/0, 30/0, 45/10, 45/0 cm H2O). Additional series of experiments (20 min in duration to ensure all animals survived) were studied to assess permeability (n = 4 per group), echocardiography (n = 4 per group), and right and left ventricular pressure (n = 5 and n = 4 per group, respectively). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: The original Webb and Tierney results were replicated in terms of lung/body weight ratio (45/0 > 45/10 ≈ 30/0 ≈ 14/0; P < 0.05) and histology. In 45/0, pulmonary edema was overt and rapid, with survival less than 30 minutes. In 45/0 (but not 45/10), there was an increase in microvascular permeability, cyclical abolition of preload, and progressive dilation of the right ventricle. Although left ventricular end-diastolic pressure decreased in 45/10, it increased in 45/0. CONCLUSIONS: In a classic model of ventilator-induced lung injury, high peak pressure (and zero positive end-expiratory pressure) causes respiratory swings (obliteration during inspiration) in right ventricular filling and pulmonary perfusion, ultimately resulting in right ventricular failure and dilation. Pulmonary edema was due to increased permeability, which was augmented by a modest (approximately 40%) increase in hydrostatic pressure. The lung injury and acute cor pulmonale is likely due to pulmonary microvascular injury, the mechanism of which is uncertain, but which may be due to cyclic interruption and exaggeration of pulmonary blood flow.
RATIONALE: In the original 1974 in vivo study of ventilator-induced lung injury, Webb and Tierney reported that high Vt with zero positive end-expiratory pressure caused overwhelming lung injury, subsequently shown by others to be due to lung shear stress. OBJECTIVES: To reproduce the lung injury and edema examined in the Webb and Tierney study and to investigate the underlying mechanism thereof. METHODS:Sprague-Dawley rats weighing approximately 400 g received mechanical ventilation for 60 minutes according to the protocol of Webb and Tierney (airway pressures of 14/0, 30/0, 45/10, 45/0 cm H2O). Additional series of experiments (20 min in duration to ensure all animals survived) were studied to assess permeability (n = 4 per group), echocardiography (n = 4 per group), and right and left ventricular pressure (n = 5 and n = 4 per group, respectively). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: The original Webb and Tierney results were replicated in terms of lung/body weight ratio (45/0 > 45/10 ≈ 30/0 ≈ 14/0; P < 0.05) and histology. In 45/0, pulmonary edema was overt and rapid, with survival less than 30 minutes. In 45/0 (but not 45/10), there was an increase in microvascular permeability, cyclical abolition of preload, and progressive dilation of the right ventricle. Although left ventricular end-diastolic pressure decreased in 45/10, it increased in 45/0. CONCLUSIONS: In a classic model of ventilator-induced lung injury, high peak pressure (and zero positive end-expiratory pressure) causes respiratory swings (obliteration during inspiration) in right ventricular filling and pulmonary perfusion, ultimately resulting in right ventricular failure and dilation. Pulmonary edema was due to increased permeability, which was augmented by a modest (approximately 40%) increase in hydrostatic pressure. The lung injury and acute cor pulmonale is likely due to pulmonary microvascular injury, the mechanism of which is uncertain, but which may be due to cyclic interruption and exaggeration of pulmonary blood flow.
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