Partial liquid ventilation decreases albumin leak in the setting of acute lung injury

Autor: Gerd O. Till, Ronald B. Hirschl, Kent J. Johnson, Jameelah J. Gater, Danny M. Colton
Rok vydání: 1998
Předmět:
Zdroj: Journal of Critical Care. 13:136-139
ISSN: 0883-9441
DOI: 10.1016/s0883-9441(98)90017-x
Popis: Purpose: This study evaluated the ability of partial liquid ventilation (PLV, gas ventilation of the perfluorocarbon-filled lungs) to reduce the amount of lung albumin leak present in the setting of acute lung injury. Materials and Methods: An experimental controlled, randomized design was used. All studies were performed in the liquid ventilation laboratories at the University of Michigan Medical Center. Twenty-five Sprague-Dawley male rats 500 ± 50 g were divided into five experimental groups: (1) CVF only (n = 5), animals were cobra venom factor (CVF) lung injured; (2) PLV-CVF (n = 5) animals received perflubron and PLV before CVF lung injury; (3) CVF-PLV (n = 5) animals received PLV after CVF lung injury; (4) PLV only (n = 5) animals underwent partial liquid ventilation without lung injury; and (5) Gas only (n = 5) animals underwent gas ventilation without lung injury. In all groups iodinated bovine serum albumin (125I-BSA) was delivered by intravenous injection along with CVF or a saline placebo. Results: When the CVF animals were compared with all other groups, a decrease in albumin leak was observed for all groups when compared with the CVF only controls (P < .001 by ANOVA; CVF only = 1.22 ± 0.12 versus PLV-CVF = 0.46 ± 0.08, P < .001; CVF-PLV = 0.70 ± 0.25, P < .001; PLV only = 0.22 ± 0.01, P < .001; Gas only = 0.17 ± 0.02, P < .001). Conclusions: These data suggest that intratracheal instillation of perfluorocarbon before or after induction of lung injury results in a reduction in pulmonary albumin leak.
Databáze: OpenAIRE