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Research Article

High-frequency oscillatory ventilation does not decrease endothelin release in lung-lavaged rabbits

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Pages 213-220 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

High-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFO) has been shown to reduce lung injury and pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP). We hypothesized that HFO leads to decreased endothelin 1 (ET-1) and endothelin 3 (ET-3) release when compared to conventional mechanical ventilation (CMV) in lung-lavaged rabbits. Design: Prospective, randomized, controlled animal study. In 26 adult New Zealand White Rabbits ventilated by CMV or HFO under hypoxemic and normoxemic conditions after lung lavage (CMV-hypo: n=5; CMV-normo: n=8; HFO-hypo: n=7; HFO-normo: n=6) we recorded systemic and PAP, measured blood gases, ET-1 and ET-3 and calculated intrapulmonary venous admixture during a 4-h experiment. ET-1 was significantly increased after lavage (p<0.05) with no further increase until the end of the experiment. Neither pulmonary arterial nor systemic arterial ET-1 differed between CMV and HFO or between hypoxemia and normoxemia. Systemic arterial ET-3, however, was significantly higher in HFO-hypo than in the other two groups ventilated under normoxemic conditions at the end of the experiment (HFO-hypo vs. CMV-normo, p<0.05; HFO-hypo vs. HFO-normo, p<0.05). PAP showed a continuous increase in all groups (p<0.05). We did not find any correlation between PAP and ET-1 or ET-3. Intrapulmonary venous admixture increased in animals ventilated under hypoxemic conditions, whereas it decreased after lung lavage in those ventilated under normoxemic conditions until the end of the experiment (HFO-normo, p<0.05). Conclusions: This study suggests that HFO does not decrease ET-1 and ET-3 release compared to CMV in lung-lavaged rabbits. Hypoxemia, however, may increase ET-3 release from the lungs, leading to an increased intrapulmonary shunt.

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