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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-1238
    Keywords: Key wordsK. pneumoniae ; Bacteremia ; Mechanical ventilation ; Blood gases ; Animal ; Rat
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Objective: To determine the effect of peak inspiratory pressure (PIP) and positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) on the development of bacteremia with Klebsiella pneumoniae after mechanical ventilation of intratracheally inoculated rats. Design: Prospective, randomized, animal study. Setting: Experimental intensive care unit of a University. Subjects: Eighty male Sprague Dawley rats. Interventions: Intratracheal inoculation with 100 μl of saline containing 3.5–5.0 × 105 colony forming units (CFUs) K. pneumoniae/ml. Pressure-controlled ventilation (frequency 30 bpm; I/E ratio = 1 : 2; FIO2 = 1.0) for 180 min at the following settings (PIP/PEEP in cmH2O): 13/3 (n = 16); 13/0 (n = 16); 30/10 (n = 16) and 30/0 (n = 16), starting 22 h after inoculation. Arterial blood samples were obtained and cultured before and 180 min after mechanical ventilation and immediately before sacrifice in two groups of non-ventilated control animals (n = 8 per group). After sacrifice, the lungs were homogenized to determine the number of CFUs K. pneumoniae. Measurements and results: The number of CFUs recovered from the lungs was comparable in all experimental groups. After 180 min, 11 animals had positive blood cultures for K. pneumoniae in group 30/0, whereas only 2, 0 and 2 animals were positive in 13/3, 13/0 and 30/10, respectively (p 〈 0.05 group 30/0 versus all other groups). Conclusions: These data show that 3 h of mechanical ventilation with a PIP of 30 cmH2O without PEEP in rats promotes bacteremia with K. pneumoniae. The use of 10 cmH2O PEEP at such PIP reduces ventilation-induced K. pneumoniae bacteremia.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-1238
    Keywords: Hemodynamics ; Gas exchange ; Mechanical ventilation ; Oxygen ; Perfluorocarbon ; Respiratory distress syndrome
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Objective To assess the effect of partial liquid ventilation with perfluorocarbons on hemodynamics and gas exchange in large pigs with induced acute lung injury (ALI). Design Randomized, prospective, double-control, experimental study. Setting Experimental intensive care unit of a university. Materials Eighteen large pigs (50±5 kg body weight) with an average anterior posterior thoracic diameter of 24 cm and induced acute lung injury. Interventions All animals were surfactant depleted by lung lavage to aP aO2 below 100 mmHg and randomized to receive either perflubron (n=6) or saline (n=6) in five intratracheal doses of 5 ml/kg at 20-min intervals, or no instillation (n=6). Measurements and results In all animals heart rate, arterial pressures, pulmonary pressures, cardiac output and blood gases were recorded at 20-min intervals. There was no deleterious effect on any hemodynamic parameter in the perflubron group, whereas systolic and mean pulmonary arterial pressure values showed a persistent decrease after the first 5 ml/kg of perflubron, from 48.7±14.1 to 40.8±11.7 mmHg and from 39.7±13.2 to 35.2±12.0 mmHg, respectively. Perflubron resulted in a significant (ANOVAP〈0.01), dose-dependent increase inP aO2 values from 86.3±22.4 to a maximum of 342.4±59.4 mmHg at a dose of 25 ml/kg; the other groups showed no significant increase inP aO2. Conclusions Tracheal instillation of perflubron in induced ALI results in a dose-dependent increase inP aO2 and has no deleterious effect on hemodynamic parameters.
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