ISSN:
1432-1238
Keywords:
Aspiration pneumonia
;
Rabbits
;
Positive end expiratory pressure
;
Lung compliance
;
Lung volume measurement
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Sixteen anaesthetized rabbits were subjected to tracheostomy and lung damage produced by the instillation of 4.5 ml/kg hydrochloric acid (pH 1.5) into the trachea. Half of the animals were ventilated with a positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) of 3 cmH2O and half with a PEEP of 10 cmH2O for 5 h, the mean airway pressure being kept at 12 cmH2O by adjustment of the end-inspiratory pause time. Pressure-volume curves were recorded every hour. Although the arterial PO2 values and compliance above the inflection point on the pressure-volume curve were greater in the group submitted to 10 cmH2O PEEP, there were no significant differences between the groups in terms of survival and histological findings.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01705044
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