Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 64, Issue 4 1607-1614, Copyright © 1988 by American Physiological Society

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Lung volume recruitment during high-frequency oscillation in atelectasis-prone rabbits

L. J. Byford, J. H. Finkler and A. B. Froese
Department of Anaesthesia, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

In diffuse lung injury, optimal oxygenation occurs with high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFO-A, where A is active expiratory phase) when sustained inflations (SI) are applied periodically to recruit lung volume. Theoretically pulsed pressures may be safer and more effective than static pressures for reexpanding alveoli. We compared the increases in lung volume and arterial PO2 (PaO2) induced by 30-s increases in mean airway pressure in six New Zealand White rabbits made atelectasis prone by saline lavage plus 1 h of conventional ventilation. Pulsatile SI's (HFO-A left on during increase in mean pressure) of delta PSI = 5, 10, and 15 cmH2O and static SI's (HFO-A off during SI) of delta PSI = 5, 10, 15, and 20 cmH2O were delivered in random order. Lungs were ventilated at 15 Hz, inspired fractional concentration of O2 = 1.0, and mean airway pressure 15-20 cmH2O between test periods and deflated to functional residual capacity before each SI to standardize volume history. With both maneuvers, increases in lung volume and PaO2 induced by SI's were proportional to the magnitude of the SI (P less than 0.001) in all cases. Pulsatile SI's consistently increased lung volume and PaO2 more than static SI's having the same delta PSI (P less than 0.005) such that any given target PaO2 or change in volume (delta V) was achieved at 5 cmH2O less mean pressure with the pulsatile maneuver. Respiratory system compliance increased after both types of SI. Oxygenation and lung volume changes at 5 min were related with r = 0.58 (P less than 0.001).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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