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Fluid management in acute lung injury and ards. Ann Intensive Care 2011; 1:16. [PMID: 21906342 PMCID: PMC3224488 DOI: 10.1186/2110-5820-1-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2011] [Accepted: 05/30/2011] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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ARDS is particularly characterized by pulmonary edema caused by an increase in pulmonary capillary permeability. It is considered that limiting pulmonary edema or accelerating its resorption through the modulation of fluid intake or oncotic pressure could be beneficial. This review discusses the principal clinical studies that have made it possible to progress in the optimization of the fluid state during ARDS. Notably, a randomized, multicenter study has suggested that fluid management with the goal to obtain zero fluid balance in ARDS patients without shock or renal failure significantly increases the number of days without mechanical ventilation. On the other hand, it is accepted that patients with hemodynamic failure must undergo early and adapted vascular filling. Liberal and conservative filling strategies are therefore complementary and should ideally follow each other in time in the same patient whose hemodynamic state progressively stabilizes. At present, although albumin treatment has been suggested to improve oxygenation transiently in ARDS patients, no sufficient evidence justifies its use to mitigate pulmonary edema and reduce respiratory morbidity. Finally, the resorption of alveolar edema occurs through an active mechanism, which can be pharmacologically upregluated. In this sense, the use of beta-2 agonists may be beneficial but further studies are needed to confirm preliminary promising results.
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Roch A, Guervilly C, Papazian L. Fluid Management in Acute Lung Injury and ARDS. Intensive Care Med 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-5562-3_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Recombinant human activated protein C ameliorates oleic acid-induced lung injury in awake sheep. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2008; 12:R146. [PMID: 19021914 PMCID: PMC2646309 DOI: 10.1186/cc7128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2008] [Revised: 11/07/2008] [Accepted: 11/20/2008] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Acute lung injury (ALI) may arise both after sepsis and non-septic inflammatory conditions and is often associated with the release of fatty acids, including oleic acid (OA). Infusion of OA has been used extensively to mimic ALI. Recent research has revealed that intravenously administered recombinant human activated protein C (rhAPC) is able to counteract ALI. Our aim was to find out whether rhAPC dampens OA-induced ALI in sheep. METHODS Twenty-two yearling sheep underwent instrumentation. After 2 days of recovery, animals were randomly assigned to one of three groups: (a) an OA+rhAPC group (n = 8) receiving OA 0.06 mL/kg infused over the course of 30 minutes in parallel with an intravenous infusion of rhAPC 24 mg/kg per hour over the course of 2 hours, (b) an OA group (n = 8) receiving OA as above, or (c) a sham-operated group (n = 6). After 2 hours, sheep were sacrificed. Hemodynamics was assessed by catheters in the pulmonary artery and the aorta, and extravascular lung water index (EVLWI) was determined with the single transpulmonary thermodilution technique. Gas exchange was evaluated at baseline and at cessation of the experiment. Data were analyzed by analysis of variance; a P value of less than 0.05 was regarded as statistically significant. RESULTS OA induced profound hypoxemia, increased right atrial and pulmonary artery pressures and EVLWI markedly, and decreased cardiac index. rhAPC counteracted the OA-induced changes in EVLWI and arterial oxygenation and reduced the OA-induced increments in right atrial and pulmonary artery pressures. CONCLUSIONS In ovine OA-induced lung injury, rhAPC dampens the increase in pulmonary artery pressure and counteracts the development of lung edema and the derangement of arterial oxygenation.
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Waerhaug K, Kuklin VN, Kirov MY, Sovershaev MA, Langbakk B, Ingebretsen OC, Ytrehus K, Bjertnaes LJ. Recombinant human activated protein C attenuates endotoxin-induced lung injury in awake sheep. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2008; 12:R104. [PMID: 18702832 PMCID: PMC2575593 DOI: 10.1186/cc6985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2008] [Revised: 08/01/2008] [Accepted: 08/15/2008] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Introduction Acute lung injury often complicates severe sepsis. In Gram-negative sepsis, bacterial endotoxin activates both coagulation and inflammation. Enhanced lung vascular pressures and permeability, increased extravascular lung water content and deteriorated gas exchange characterize ovine endotoxin-induced lung injury, a frequently used model of acute lung injury. Recombinant human activated protein C (rhAPC), with its anticoagulant, anti-inflammatory, fibrinolytic and antiapoptotic effects, reportedly reduces the respirator-dependent days and the mortality of patients with severe sepsis. We speculate whether rhAPC antagonizes endotoxin-induced lung injury in sheep. Methods Two groups of sheep were exposed to Escherichia coli endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide) 15 ng/kg/minute intravenously from 0 to 24 hours; one group received only lipopolysaccharide throughout (n = 8), and the other group received lipopolysaccharide in combination with rhAPC 24 μg/kg/hour from 4 to 24 hours (n = 9). In addition, one group received rhAPC as above as the only intervention (n = 4), and four sham-operated sheep were used for determination of the α and ε isoforms of protein kinase C in pulmonary tissue. Data were assessed by one-way analysis of variance for repeated measurements. Biochemical data were analyzed using Student's t test, or using the Mann–Whitney U test when appropriate. Results Infusion of endotoxin caused lung injury, manifested by increments in pulmonary artery pressure, in pulmonary micro-occlusion pressure, in pulmonary vascular downstream resistance, in pulmonary vascular permeability index, in extravascular lung water index and in deterioration of oxygenation that were all attenuated by infusion of rhAPC. Endotoxemia led to changes in inflammation and coagulation, including pulmonary neutrophil accumulation paralleled by increased TNFα and decreased protein C and fibrinogen in animal plasma, which all improved following infusion of rhAPC. Moreover, rhAPC prevented the translocation of protein kinase C α and ε isoforms from the cytosolic fraction of lung tissue extracts. Conclusion In awake sheep, rhAPC alleviates endotoxin-induced lung injury – as characterized by improvements of oxygenation, coagulation and inflammation, as well as by reversal of pulmonary hemodynamic and volumetric changes.
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- Kristine Waerhaug
- Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tromsø, Norway
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Kuklin V, Kirov M, Sovershaev M, Andreasen T, Ingebretsen OC, Ytrehus K, Bjertnaes L. Tezosentan-induced attenuation of lung injury in endotoxemic sheep is associated with reduced activation of protein kinase C. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2005; 9:R211-7. [PMID: 15987392 PMCID: PMC1175881 DOI: 10.1186/cc3497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2004] [Revised: 01/27/2005] [Accepted: 02/16/2005] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Studies in vitro reveal that endothelin-1 (ET-1) activates the alpha isoform of protein kinase C (PKC-alpha) in cultures of endothelial cells, thereby deranging cellular integrity. Sepsis and endotoxemia are associated with increased plasma concentrations of ET-1 that induce acute lung injury (ALI). We recently reported that non-selective ET-1 receptor blockade attenuates ALI in sheep by reducing the endotoxin-induced increase in extravascular lung water index (EVLWI). The aim of this study was to find out whether this attenuation is associated with reduced translocation of PKC-alpha from the cytosolic to the membrane fraction of lung tissue homogenate. METHODS Seventeen awake, instrumented sheep were randomly assigned to a sham-operated group (n = 3), a lipopolysaccharide (LPS) group (n = 7) receiving an intravenous infusion of Escherichia coli 15 ng/kg per min for 24 hours, and a tezosentan group (n = 7) subjected to LPS and, from 4 hours, an intravenous injection of tezosentan 3 mg/kg followed by infusion at 1 mg/kg per hour for the reminder of the experiment. Pulmonary micro-occlusion pressure (Pmo), EVLWI, plasma concentrations of ET-1, tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a), and interleukin-8 (IL-8) were determined every 4 hours. Western blotting was used to assess PKC-alpha. RESULTS In non-treated sheep a positive correlation was found between the plasma concentration of ET-1 and Pmo in the late phase of endotoxemia (12 to 24 hours). A positive correlation was also noticed between Pmo and EVLWI in the LPS and the LPS plus tezosentan groups, although the latter was significantly reduced in comparison with LPS alone. In both endotoxemic groups, plasma concentrations of ET-1, TNF-alpha, and IL-8 increased. In the LPS group, the cytosolic fraction of PKC-alpha decreased by 75% whereas the membrane fraction increased by 40% in comparison with the sham-operated animals. Tezosentan completely prevented the changes in PKC-alpha in both the cytosolic and the membrane fractions, concomitantly causing a further increase in the plasma concentrations of ET-1, TNF-alpha, and IL-8. CONCLUSION In endotoxemic sheep, ET-1 receptor blockade alleviates lung injury as assessed by a decrease in EVLWI paralleled by a reduction in Pmo and the prevention of activation of PKC-alpha.
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- Vladimir Kuklin
- Research Fellow, Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tromsø, Norway
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- Research Fellow, Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tromsø, Norway
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- Research Fellow, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tromsø, Norway
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- Departmental engineer, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tromsø, Norway
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- Professor, Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital of Tromsø, Norway
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- Professor, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tromsø, Norway
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- Professor, Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tromsø, Norway
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Bjertnaes LJ, McGuire R, Jodoin J, Salzman AL, Traber LD, Passerini DJ, Smith DJ, Szabo C, Traber DL. Nebulized nitric oxide/nucleophile adduct reduces pulmonary vascular resistance in mechanically ventilated septicemic sheep*. Crit Care Med 2005; 33:616-22. [PMID: 15753755 DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000156282.22495.a1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To study the effects of a novel, intermittently administered, aerosolized nitric oxide donor, methyl-N-2-dimethylaminoethyl-3-aminoproprionid/nitric oxide (DMDE-NO), on pulmonary hemodynamic responses to sepsis. DESIGN Prospective, randomized, controlled study in awake sheep. SETTING Investigational intensive care unit of a university medical center. SUBJECTS Thirteen instrumented merino ewes weighing 36 +/- 0.9 kg underwent a hemodynamic study 1 wk postoperatively. INTERVENTIONS On the day of the experiment, the sheep received a tracheotomy and mechanical ventilation was subsequently started. Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria were infused intravenously, beginning at time 0 hrs and continuing throughout the 48-hr experiment. The animals were randomly assigned to receive nebulized DMDE-NO 1 mg/kg, dissolved in 8 mL of saline (DMDE-NO group, n = 7), or nebulized saline alone (control group, n = 6) delivered by a nebulizer. The nebulizations started at 2, 6, 20, 24, and 43 hrs after the baseline, each time lasting for 1 hr. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Inhaled aerosolized DMDE-NO reversibly reduced the sepsis-induced increase in pulmonary artery pressure by 13-17% and pulmonary vascular resistance index by 21-31% compared with the values registered before the administration of the drug. Systemic hemodynamics underwent an early hypodynamic phase followed by a gradual increase in cardiac index and a decrease in both mean arterial pressure and systemic vascular resistance index, but with no significant difference between groups. Gas exchange variables and plasma nitrite/nitrate did not differ significantly between groups either. CONCLUSIONS In sheep, inhaled nebulized DMDE-NO reduces sepsis-induced changes in pulmonary hemodynamics with no change in systemic hemodynamics or gas exchange.
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- Lars J Bjertnaes
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
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Extravascular lung water assessed by transpulmonary single thermodilution and postmortem gravimetry in sheep. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2004; 8:R451-8. [PMID: 15566591 PMCID: PMC1065070 DOI: 10.1186/cc2974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2004] [Accepted: 09/16/2004] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Introduction Acute lung injury is associated with accumulation of extravascular lung water (EVLW). The aim of the present study was to compare two methods for quantification of EVLW: transpulmonary single thermodilution (EVLWST) and postmortem gravimetric (EVLWG). Methods Eighteen instrumented and awake sheep were randomly assigned to one of three groups. All groups received Ringer's lactate (5 ml/kg per hour intravenously). To induce lung injury of different severities, sheep received Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide 15 ng/kg per min intravenously for 6 hours (n = 7) or oleic acid 0.06 ml/kg intravenously over 30 min (n = 7). A third group (n = 4) was subjected to sham operation. Haemodynamic variables, including EVLWST, were measured using a PiCCOplus monitor (Pulsion Medical Systems, Munich, Germany), and the last measurement of EVLWST was compared with EVLWG. Results At the end of experiment, values for EVLWST (mean ± standard error) were 8.9 ± 0.6, 11.8 ± 1.0 and 18.2 ± 0.9 ml/kg in the sham-operated, lipopolysaccharide and oleic acid groups, respectively (P < 0.05). The corresponding values for EVLWIG were 6.2 ± 0.3, 7.1 ± 0.6 and 11.8 ± 0.7 ml/kg (P < 0.05). Ranges of EVLWIST and EVLWIG values were 7.5–21.0 and 4.9–14.5 ml/kg. Regression analysis between in vivo EVLWST and postmortem EVLWG yielded the following relation: EVLWST = 1.30 × EVLWG + 2.32 (n = 18, r = 0.85, P < 0.0001). The mean bias ± 2 standard deviations between EVLWST and EVLWG was 4.9 ± 5.1 ml/kg (P < 0.001). Conclusion In sheep, EVLW determined using transpulmonary single thermodilution correlates closely with gravimetric measurements over a wide range of changes. However, transpulmonary single thermodilution overestimates EVLW as compared with postmortem gravimetry.
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Tsubochi H, Suzuki S, Kubo H, Ueno T, Yoshimura T, Suzuki T, Sasano H, Kondo T. Early changes in alveolar fluid clearance by nitric oxide after endotoxin instillation in rats. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003; 167:205-10. [PMID: 12524256 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200203-1930oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Alveolar fluid clearance may be inhibited and/or stimulated under pathologic conditions. We examined the early change of alveolar fluid clearance after endotoxin instillation in adult rats. We employed electron paramagnetic resonance nitric oxide (NO) trapping technique with iron complex with N,N-diethyldithiocarbamate as an NO trapping agent. We found that lung NO signals reached the highest magnitude by 6 hours after endotoxin instillation. NO production was accompanied by increases in lung cyclic guanosine monophosphate levels. Alveolar fluid clearance decreased significantly 6 hours after the administration of the endotoxin and increased further at 24 hours. These changes were shown to be related to the function of amiloride-sensitive sodium ion channels. Treatment with gadolinium chloride and aminoguanidine significantly decreased lung NO and cyclic guanosine monophosphate levels and completely ameliorated the decrease in alveolar fluid clearance. In addition, the increase in alveolar fluid clearance at 24 hours returned to normal levels after treatment with gadolinium chloride and aminoguanidine. We found immunoreactive inducible nitric oxide synthase to be abundantly expressed in the cytoplasm of alveolar macrophages. Our results suggest that alveolar endotoxin inhibits alveolar fluid clearance at 6 hours by NO. NO is produced via inducible NO synthase in endotoxin-stimulated alveolar macrophages and was also shown to increase alveolar fluid clearance at 24 hours.
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- Hiroyoshi Tsubochi
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Kirov MY, Evgenov OV, Bjertnaes LJ. Combination of intravenously infused methylene blue and inhaled nitric oxide ameliorates endotoxin-induced lung injury in awake sheep. Crit Care Med 2003; 31:179-86. [PMID: 12545013 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200301000-00028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of a combination of methylene blue, an inhibitor of the nitric oxide pathway, and inhaled nitric oxide on endotoxin-induced acute lung injury in awake sheep. DESIGN Prospective, randomized, controlled experimental study. SETTING University animal laboratory. SUBJECTS Twenty-four yearling, awake sheep. INTERVENTIONS The sheep were anesthetized and instrumented with vascular catheters. After 1 wk of recovery, the animals underwent tracheotomy and were subjected to intravenous infusions of endotoxin 10 ng x kg-1 x min-1 and isotonic saline 3 mL x kg-1 x hr-1 for 8 hrs. The sheep were randomly assigned to three groups of eight animals each: a) the control group received endotoxin and saline; b) the INO group received endotoxin, saline, and inhaled nitric oxide 40 ppm for 5 hrs; and c) the MB/INO group received endotoxin, saline, and methylene blue 3 mg/kg as an intravenous bolus injection followed by a continuous infusion of 3 mg x kg-1 x min-1 for 6 hrs in combination with inhaled nitric oxide 40 ppm for 5 hrs. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Hemodynamic variables and blood gases were determined hourly. In the early phase of endotoxemia (0-2 hrs), methylene blue/inhaled nitric oxide reduced the increments in pulmonary arterial pressure, pulmonary microvascular pressure, and pulmonary vascular resistance index by 60% compared with the controls and to a greater extent than did inhaled nitric oxide alone. During the late phase, all the preceding variables returned closely to baseline following inhaled nitric oxide or methylene blue/inhaled nitric oxide but remained remarkably elevated in the control group. Inhaled nitric oxide and methylene blue/inhaled nitric oxide reduced the increase in extravascular lung water by 40% and 80%, respectively. Inhaled nitric oxide transiently attenuated the increase in venous admixture and did not prevent a decrease in arterial oxygenation. In the methylene blue/inhaled nitric oxide group, blood gases remained unchanged from baseline. CONCLUSIONS In sheep, methylene blue/inhaled nitric oxide protects more efficiently against acute lung injury than inhaled nitric oxide alone, as indicated by a milder pulmonary hypertension, less extravascular lung water accumulation, and maintained gas exchange.
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- Mikhail Y Kirov
- Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tromsø, Norway
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Kirov MY, Evgenov OV, Kuklin VN, Virag L, Pacher P, Southan GJ, Salzman AL, Szabo C, Bjertnaes LJ. Aerosolized linear polyethylenimine-nitric oxide/nucleophile adduct attenuates endotoxin-induced lung injury in sheep. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002; 166:1436-42. [PMID: 12450933 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2202021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Pulmonary hypertension and edema are mainstays of acute lung injury (ALI). We synthesized linear polyethylenimine-nitric oxide/nucleophile adduct (DS-1), a water-soluble nitric oxide donor, and demonstrated that it is a potent relaxant of precontracted rat aortic rings without inducing desensitization. Moreover, DS-1 does not suppress the viability of human pulmonary epithelial cells in vitro. We also tested whether DS-1 counteracts ALI in endotoxemic sheep. Animals were instrumented for a chronic study. In 16 awake, spontaneously breathing sheep, Escherichia coli endotoxin (10 ng/kg/minute) was infused for 8 hours. From 2 hours of endotoxemia, sheep received either nebulized DS-1 (1 mg/kg/hour) or isotonic saline. DS-1 reduced endotoxin-induced rises in pulmonary arterial and microwedge pressures and vascular resistance index by 40-70%. In parallel, DS-1 decreased the accumulation of extravascular lung water by 60-70% and reduced the increment in right ventricle stroke work index and the falls in right ventricle ejection fraction, stroke volume, and left ventricle stroke work indices. Furthermore, DS-1 reduced venous admixture and improved arterial oxygen saturation. In four healthy animals, DS-1 alone slightly increased arterial oxygenation but had no other effects. Thus, aerosolized DS-1 attenuates endotoxin-induced ALI in sheep by reducing pulmonary hypertension and edema and improving myocardial function and gas exchange.
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- Mikhail Y Kirov
- Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tromsø, Norway
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The role of nitric oxide (NO) in numerous physiologic systems only recently has been discovered. When used as a gas, inhaled NO (iNO) has many unique properties that cause immediate improvements in pulmonary hemodynamics and oxygenation. Acute benefits in physiologic parameters have been demonstrated in numerous studies of iNO in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), but recent randomized controlled trials have failed to show improvement in outcome. The addition of other treatments that prolong or enhance the affect of iNO or its use with other ventilator modalities such as prone positioning or high-frequency ventilation offer hope that iNO may be beneficial in select groups of patients.
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- James R Klinger
- Division of Pulmonary, Sleep and Critical Care Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
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Evgenov OV, Sager G, Bjertnaes LJ. Methylene blue reduces lung fluid filtration during the early phase of endotoxemia in awake sheep. Crit Care Med 2001; 29:374-9. [PMID: 11246319 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200102000-00028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether methylene blue (MB), an inhibitor of soluble guanylate cyclase and nitric oxide synthase, alters lung hemodynamics and fluid filtration after endotoxin in sheep. DESIGN Prospective, randomized, controlled experimental study with repeated measurements. SETTING University animal laboratory. SUBJECTS Eight yearling, awake sheep. INTERVENTIONS Sheep were instrumented for a chronic study with vascular and lung lymph catheters. In two experiments, separated by 1 wk of recovery, the animals received intravenously either an injection of MB 10 mg/kg or a corresponding volume of 0.9% sodium chloride as pretreatment. Thirty minutes later, sheep received a bolus injection of Escherichia coli endotoxin 1 microg/kg, followed by either an infusion of MB 2.5 mg/kg/hr or a corresponding volume of 0.9% sodium chloride for 5 hrs. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS MB decreased the early phase endotoxin-induced rises in pulmonary capillary pressure and pulmonary vascular resistance. MB also reduced the increments in lung lymph flow (QL) and protein clearance (CL) as well as the rightward shift of the permeability-surface area product (PS). In addition, MB diminished the decrease in cardiac output, stabilized mean arterial pressure, and precluded the rise in plasma and lung lymph cyclic guanosine 3'-5' monophosphate. However, during the late phase, MB-treated sheep presented with a faster rise in QL with no difference in CL and PS from the endotoxemic controls. CONCLUSIONS During the early phase of endotoxemia in sheep, MB attenuates lung injury by decreasing the enhanced lung fluid filtration as a result of reduced pulmonary capillary pressure and permeability. However, MB does not counteract the late phase increase in lung fluid filtration.
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- O V Evgenov
- Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
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Mundy AL, Dorrington KL. Inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis augments pulmonary oedema in isolated perfused rabbit lung. Br J Anaesth 2000; 85:570-6. [PMID: 11064616 DOI: 10.1093/bja/85.4.570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The role of nitric oxide (NO) in precipitating pulmonary oedema in acute lung injury remains unclear. We have investigated the mechanism of involvement of NO in the maintenance of liquid balance in the isolated rabbit lung. Thirty pairs of lungs were perfused with colloid for up to 6 h, during which pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) and capillary pressure (PCP) were measured frequently, and time to gain 5 g in weight (t5) was recorded. Four protocols with different perfusate additives were studied: (i) none (control, n = 11); (ii) 10 mmol NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) (n = 6); (iii) 10 mmol L-NAME with 100 mumol lodoxamide, an inhibitor of mast cell degranulation (n = 7); (iv) 10 mmol L-NAME with 10 mumol 8-bromo-3',5'-cyclic guanosine monophosphate (8Br-cGMP), an analogue of cGMP that may reduce vascular permeability by relaxing contractile elements in endothelial cells (n = 6). Neither PVR nor PCP differed between protocols. L-NAME markedly reduced t5 from 248 (27) min (mean (SEM)) in protocol (i) to 144 (5) min in protocol (ii) (P < 0.05). Both lodoxamide (t5 = 178 (7) min) and 8Br-cGMP (t5 = 204 (10) min) substantially corrected the effect of L-NAME (P < 0.005). Results suggest that maintenance of a low permeability by NO may involve mast cell stabilization and endothelial cell relaxation.
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- A L Mundy
- University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford, UK
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Evgenov OV, Hevroy O, Bremnes KE, Bjertnaes LJ. Effect of aminoguanidine on lung fluid filtration after endotoxin in awake sheep. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000; 162:465-70. [PMID: 10934072 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.2.9907100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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It has been suggested that enhanced generation of nitric oxide by inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) may contribute to acute lung injury. We hypothesized that aminoguanidine (AG), a proposed selective inhibitor of iNOS, would alter pulmonary hemodynamics, fluid filtration, and gas exchange after endotoxin in chronically instrumented awake sheep. Eighteen sheep were randomly assigned to receive either AG (10 mg/kg + 1 mg/kg/h), or NaCl 0.9% intravenously for 4 h, beginning 2 h after injection of Escherichia coli endotoxin (1 microgram/kg). After endotoxin, pulmonary artery pressure (Ppa), capillary pressure (Pc), and vascular resistance index (PVRI) rose concomitantly with six-fold increments in lung lymph flow (Q L) and protein clearance (CL). Extravascular lung water (EVLW) doubled, as assessed with the thermal dye dilution technique; Pa(O(2)) decreased, AaPO(2) and venous admixture (Q S/Q T) increased. After AG, Q L and CL increased further by approximately 30%, whereas EVLW remained unchanged, despite an additional increase in Pc. Ppa, PVRI, and systemic vascular resistance index rose, whereas cardiac index and pulmonary blood volume index declined. In addition, Pa(O(2)) rose, and AaPO(2) and Q S/Q T decreased. We conclude that in endotoxemic sheep, AG improves gas exchange and increases Q L and CL, whereas EVLW remains unchanged in spite of enhanced Pc. Apparently, increased lymphatic drainage prevents EVLW from rising after AG.
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- O V Evgenov
- Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway
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