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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 34, 252-258, Copyright © 1987 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

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Comparison of regional pulmonary perfusion in lobar pneumonia during high frequency and conventional mechanical ventilation in sheep

MJ Girotti, K Hong, WC Demajo and TR Todd

We compared the effects of high frequency jet ventilation (HFV), conventional ventilation (CMV), and spontaneous breathing (SB) on regional pulmonary blood flows (QLLL), standard cardiopulmonary measurements and the serum levels of the first generation metabolites of prostacyclin (6-keto-PGF1 alpha) and thromboxane A2 (TxB2) in established left lower lobe pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia in 11 sheep. Gram negative pneumonia resulted in significant increases in alveolar-arterial oxygen gradients [(A-a)DO2] and pulmonary shunt fractions (Qs/Qt), as well as a significant decrease in QLLL during SB. Significant differences in standard haemodynamics, (A-a)DO2, Qs/Qt, and QLLL were not observed when HFV was compared to CMV. However, serum levels of 6-keto-PGF1 alpha were elevated when the animals underwent HFV. We conclude that HFV is a safe and efficient method of oxygenation and ventilation in unilobar gram negative pneumonia and also results in a significant increase in the serum levels of 6-keto-PGF1 alpha when compared to CMV in sheep. The exact significance of the latter finding is the subject of current investigation.




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