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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-4-24
pubmed:abstractText
The efficacy of exogenous surfactant administration is influenced by numerous factors, which has resulted in variable outcomes of clinical trials evaluating this treatment for the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). We investigated several of these factors in an animal model of acid aspiration including different surfactant preparations, and different delivery methods. In addition, high-frequency oscillation (HFO), a mode of mechanical ventilation known to recruit severely damaged lungs, was utilized. Lung injury was induced in adult rabbits via intratracheal instillation of 0.2 N HCl followed by conventional mechanical ventilation (CMV) until Pa(O2)/FI(O2) values ranged from 220 to 270 mm Hg. Subsequently, animals were given one of three surfactants administered via three different methods and physiological responses were assessed over a 1-h period. Regardless of the surfactant treatment strategy utilized, oxygenation responses were not sustained. In contrast, HFO resulted in a superior response compared with all surfactant treatment strategies involving CMV. The deterioration in physiological parameters after surfactant treatment was likely due to overwhelming protein inhibition of the surfactant. In conclusion, various surfactant treatment strategies were not effective in this model of lung injury, although the lungs of these animals were recruitable with HFO, as reflected by the acute and sustained oxygenation improvements.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1073-449X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
163
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1135-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Evaluation of exogenous surfactant in HCL-induced lung injury.
pubmed:affiliation
Departments of Physiology and Medicine, Lawson Health Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. abeye@julian.uwo.ca
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't