OBJECTIVES: To test the efficacy of intratracheal instillation of a perfluorocarbon, combined with conventional mechanical ventilation, as well as to establish the dose response of this application on pulmonary parameters in adult animals with acute respiratory failure. DESIGN: Prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled study. SETTING: Anesthesiology laboratory of a university. SUBJECTS: Twelve, adult male New Zealand rabbits. INTERVENTIONS: After inducing respiratory failure by repeated lung lavage with saline, one group of animals was treated with perfluorocarbon, while another group was treated with saline to serve as controls (n = 6 per group). Treatment consisted of intratracheal instillation of incremental doses of 3 mL/kg of each liquid up to a total volume of 15 mL/kg. Animals were mechanically ventilated for 15 mins after each treatment dose with volume-controlled ventilation, a tidal volume of 12 mL/kg, frequency of 30 breaths/min, FIO2 of 1.0, and a positive end-expiratory pressure of 6 cm H2O. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Arterial blood gases and lung mechanics were determined. In the perfluorocarbon group, PaO2 increased with increases in dosage from 75 +/- 15 to 420 +/- 27 torr (10.0 +/- 2.0 to 55.9 +/- 3.6 kPa); PaCO2 decreased from 49 +/- 6 to 43 +/- 5 torr (6.5 +/- 0.8 to 5.7 +/- 0.6 kPa) after the first dose, and remained stable thereafter. Airway pressures were significantly lower after treatment compared with pretreatment values. CONCLUSION: The remarkable improvements in pulmonary parameters suggest that this type of ventilatory support offers an effective and simple method of perfluorocarbon application in acute respiratory failure.
OBJECTIVES: To test the efficacy of intratracheal instillation of a perfluorocarbon, combined with conventional mechanical ventilation, as well as to establish the dose response of this application on pulmonary parameters in adult animals with acute respiratory failure. DESIGN: Prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled study. SETTING: Anesthesiology laboratory of a university. SUBJECTS: Twelve, adult male New Zealand rabbits. INTERVENTIONS: After inducing respiratory failure by repeated lung lavage with saline, one group of animals was treated with perfluorocarbon, while another group was treated with saline to serve as controls (n = 6 per group). Treatment consisted of intratracheal instillation of incremental doses of 3 mL/kg of each liquid up to a total volume of 15 mL/kg. Animals were mechanically ventilated for 15 mins after each treatment dose with volume-controlled ventilation, a tidal volume of 12 mL/kg, frequency of 30 breaths/min, FIO2 of 1.0, and a positive end-expiratory pressure of 6 cm H2O. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Arterial blood gases and lung mechanics were determined. In the perfluorocarbon group, PaO2 increased with increases in dosage from 75 +/- 15 to 420 +/- 27 torr (10.0 +/- 2.0 to 55.9 +/- 3.6 kPa); PaCO2 decreased from 49 +/- 6 to 43 +/- 5 torr (6.5 +/- 0.8 to 5.7 +/- 0.6 kPa) after the first dose, and remained stable thereafter. Airway pressures were significantly lower after treatment compared with pretreatment values. CONCLUSION: The remarkable improvements in pulmonary parameters suggest that this type of ventilatory support offers an effective and simple method of perfluorocarbon application in acute respiratory failure.
Authors: J-U Bleyl; U Tschö; M Regner; O Vicent; M Hübler; M G de Abreu; T Koch; D M Albrecht; M Ragaller Journal: Anaesthesist Date: 2004-02 Impact factor: 1.041