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01.05.2005 | Experimental
Alveolar fibrinolytic capacity suppressed by injurious mechanical ventilation
verfasst von:
Peter Dahlem, Albert P. Bos, Jack J. Haitsma, Marcus J. Schultz, Joost C. M. Meijers, Burkhard Lachmann
Erschienen in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 5/2005
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Abstract
Objective
To investigate the effect of mechanical ventilation on alveolar fibrinolytic capacity.
Design and setting
Randomized controlled animal study in 66 Sprague-Dawley rats.
Subjects and interventions
Test animals received intratracheal fibrinogen and thrombin instillations; six were killed immediately (fibrin controls), and the others were allocated to three ventilation groups (ventilation period: 225 min) differing in positive inspiratory pressure and positive end-expiratory pressure, respectively: group 1, 16 cmH2O and 5 cmH2O (n=17); group 2, 26 cmH2O and 5 cmH2O (n=16); group 3, 35 cmH2O and of 5 cmH2O (n=17). Ten animals that had not been ventilated served as healthy controls.
Measurements and results
After animals were killed, we measured D-dimers, plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI) 1, and tumor necrosis factor α in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and calculated lung weight and pressure/volume (P/V) plots. The median D-dimer concentration (mg/l) decreased with increasing pressure amplitude (192 in group 1, IQR 119; 66 in group 2, IQR 107; 29 in group 3, IQR 30) while median PAI-1 (U/ml) increased (undetectable in group 1; 0.55 in group 2, IQR 4.55; 3.05 in group 3, IQR 4.85). PAI-1 level was correlated with increased lung weight per bodyweight (Spearman’s rank correlation 0.708). Tumor necrosis factor α concentration was not correlated with PAI-1 level.
Conclusions
Alveolar fibrinolytic capacity is suppressed during mechanical ventilation with high pressure amplitudes due to local production of PAI-1.