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Bull JL, Tredici S, Komori E, Brant DO, Grotberg JB, Hirschl RB. Distribution dynamics of perfluorocarbon delivery to the lungs: an intact rabbit model. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2003; 96:1633-42. [PMID: 14688037 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01158.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Motivated by the goal of understanding how to most homogeneously fill the lungs with perfluorocarbon for liquid ventilation, we investigate the transport of liquid instilled into the lungs using an intact rabbit model. Perfluorocarbon is instilled into the trachea of the ventilated animal. Radiographic images of the perfluorocarbon distribution are obtained at a rate of 30 frames/s during the filling process. Image analysis is used to quantify the liquid distribution (center of mass, spatial standard deviation, skewness, kurtosis, and indicators of homogeneity) as time progresses. We compare the distribution dynamics in supine animals to those in upright animals for three constant infusion rates of perfluorocarbon: 15, 40, and 60 ml/min. It is found that formation of liquid plugs in large airways, which is affected by posture and infusion rate, can result in a more homogeneous liquid distribution than gravity drainage alone. The supine posture resulted in more homogeneous filling of the lungs than did upright posture, in which the lungs tend to fill in the inferior regions first. Faster instillation of perfluorocarbon results in liquid plugs forming in large airways and, consequently, more uniform distribution of perfluorocarbon than slower instillation rates in the upright animals.
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- J L Bull
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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Meinhardt JP, Ashton BA, Annich GM, Quintel M, Hirschl RB. The dependency of expiratory airway collapse on pump system and flow rate in liquid ventilated rabbits. Eur J Med Res 2003; 8:212-20. [PMID: 12844476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/03/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To evaluate the influence of pump system and flow pattern on expiratory airway collapse (EAC) in total perfluorocarbon ventilation. - METHODS Prospective, controlled, randomized animal trial for determination of (1) post-mortem changes by repeated expiration procedures (EP) with a constant flow piston pump (PP) before and after sacrifice (n = 8 rabbits), (2) differences between pump systems by subjecting animals to both PP and roller pump (RP) circuits for expiration (n = 16 rabbits). EP were performed using a servo-controlled shut-off at airway pressures < 25 cm H subset 2O randomly with either pump at different flows. - RESULTS Expired volumes before and after sacrifice were not significantly different. PP and RP revealed identical mean flows, while significantly more liquid was drained using PP (p<0.05). Increasing differences towards higher flow rates indicated profound flow pulsatility in RP. - CONCLUSIONS (1) post-mortem changes in expired volumes are not significant, (2) EAC is related to flow rate and pump system; (3) relationship between expiratory flow rate and drainable liquid volume is linear inverse; (4) PP provides higher drainage than RP. - SUMMARY STATEMENT Expiratory airway collapse is related to flow rate and pump system, post mortem changes in expirable volumes are not significant. Relationship between expiratory flow rate and drainable liquid volume is linear inverse, piston pump expiration provides higher drainage volumes than roller pump expiration.
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- J P Meinhardt
- Universitätsklinikum Mannheim, Fakultät für Klinische Medizin der Universität Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.
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Graziano K, Teitelbaum DH, McLean K, Hirschl RB, Coran AG, Geiger JD. Recurrence after laparoscopic and open Nissen fundoplication: a comparison of the mechanisms of failure. Surg Endosc 2003; 17:704-7. [PMID: 12618950 DOI: 10.1007/s00464-002-8515-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2002] [Accepted: 11/05/2002] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication as treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in adults has a reported recurrence rate of 2-17%. We investigated the rates and mechanisms of failure after laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication in children. METHODS All patients who underwent a laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication for GERD and who subsequently required a redo Nissen were reviewed (n = 15). The control group consisted of the most recent 15 patients who developed recurrent GER after an open Nissen, fundoplication. RESULTS Between 1994 and 2000, laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication was performed in 179 patients. Fifteen patients (8.7%) underwent revision. The mechanisms of failure were herniation in four patients, wrap dehiscence in four, a too-short wrap in three, a loosened wrap in two, and other reasons in two. The reoperation was performed laparoscopically in five patients (33%). The failure mechanisms were different in the open patients: eight were due to slipped wraps; three to dehiscences; and two to herniations. CONCLUSION The failure rate after laparoscopic Nissen is acceptably low. A redo laparoscopic Nissen can be performed safely after an initial laparoscopic approach.
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- K Graziano
- Department of Surgery, Section of Pediatric Surgery, the C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan, F3970, Box 0245, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Haft JW, Montoya P, Alnajjar O, Posner SR, Bull JL, Iannettoni MD, Bartlett RH, Hirschl RB. An artificial lung reduces pulmonary impedance and improves right ventricular efficiency in pulmonary hypertension. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001; 122:1094-100. [PMID: 11726884 DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2001.118049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Artificial lungs may have a role in supporting patients with end-stage lung disease as a bridge or alternative to lung transplantation. This investigation was performed to determine the effect of an artificial lung, perfused by the right ventricle in parallel with the pulmonary circulation, on indices of right ventricular load in a model of pulmonary hypertension. METHODS Seven adult male sheep were connected to a low-resistance membrane oxygenator through conduits anastomosed end to side to the pulmonary artery and left atrium. Banding of the distal pulmonary artery generated acute pulmonary hypertension. Data were obtained with and without flow through the device conduits. Outcome measures of right ventricular load included hemodynamic parameters, as well as analysis of impedance, power consumption, wave reflections, cardiac efficiency, and the tension-time index. RESULTS The model of pulmonary hypertension increased all indices of right ventricular load and decreased ventricular efficiency. Allowing flow through the artificial lung significantly reduced mean pulmonary artery pressure, zero harmonic impedance, right ventricular power consumption, amplitude of reflected waves, and the tension-time index. Cardiac efficiency was significantly increased. CONCLUSIONS An artificial lung perfused by the right ventricle and applied in parallel with the pulmonary circulation reduces ventricular load and improves cardiac efficiency in the setting of pulmonary hypertension. These data suggest that an artificial lung in this configuration may benefit patients with end-stage lung disease and pulmonary hypertension with right ventricular strain.
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- J W Haft
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, and Michigan Critical Care Consultants, Ann Arbor, Mich, USA
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Fernandez R, Sarma V, Younkin E, Hirschl RB, Ward PA, Younger JG. Exposure to perflubron is associated with decreased Syk phosphorylation in human neutrophils. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2001; 91:1941-7. [PMID: 11641328 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2001.91.5.1941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Liquid ventilation with perflubron is associated with reduced neutrophil recruitment into the lung during acute injury. Perflubron also reduces chemotactic responses, the respiratory burst, and cytokine production in neutrophils and in alveolar macrophages in vitro. In the current studies, the effect of perflubron on neutrophil chemotaxis to formyl-Met-Leu-Phe (fMLP) and phagocytosis of opsonized sheep erythrocytes (EA) correlated with decreased phosphorylation of Syk, an important intracellular second messenger in pathways regulating neutrophil functional responses. Brief (5 min) exposure of neutrophils to perflubron resulted in a dose-dependent reduction in chemotaxis to fMLP and reduced phagocytosis of EA but no apparent morphological changes as seen by electron microscopy. Concurrently, there was a reduction in both total cytosolic tyrosine phosphorylation and Syk phosphorylation. Binding studies indicated that this effect was neither a result of impaired ligand-receptor affinity nor a change in the number of fMLP receptors available on the neutrophil surface. These results suggest that perflubron nonspecifically affects cellular activation as measured by tyrosine phosphorylation perhaps by interfering with transmembrane signal transduction.
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- R Fernandez
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0303, USA
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Pulmonary injury from mechanical ventilation has been attributed to application of excess alveolar pressure (barotrauma) or volume (volutrauma). The authors questioned whether partial liquid ventilation (gas ventilation of the perfluorocarbon filled lung, PLV) would reduce ventilator-induced lung injury. METHODS A tracheostomy tube and carotid artery catheter were placed in anesthetized Sprague-Dawley rats (500 +/- 50 g). Bovine serum albumin (BSA) labeled with Iodine (I) 125 was administered intraarterially. Ventilation with tidal volume (TV) of 5 mL/kg was initiated. The rats were then selected randomly to a 30-minute experimental period of one of the following ventilation protocols: continued atraumatic gas ventilation (GV, TV, 5 mL/kg; n = 10); atraumatic gas ventilation combined with intratracheal administration of 10 mL/kg perfluorocarbon (GV-PLV, TV, 5 mL/kg, n = 10); barotrauma (BT, peak inspiratory pressure [PIP], 45 cm H(2)O; n = 10); barotrauma with PLV (BT-PLV, PIP, 45 cm H(2)O; n = 8); volutrauma (VT, TV, 30 mL/kg; n = 8); or volutrauma with PLV (VT-PLV, TV, 30 mL/kg; n = 10). Animals were killed and the amount of radiolabeled BSA in both lungs was measured and normalized to the counts in 1 mL of blood from that animal (injury index). Data were analyzed by analysis of variance (ANOVA) with post-hoc t test comparison between groups. RESULTS There was a significant difference in the (125)I-BSA injury index when all groups were compared (P <.001 by ANOVA). Post-hoc analysis showed a significant decrease in the injury index when comparing BT versus BT-PLV (P =.024) and VT versus VT-PLV (P =.014). CONCLUSION (125)I-BSA leak produced during high-pressure or high-volume mechanical ventilation is reduced by partial liquid ventilation.
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- D A Lewis
- Department of Surgery and Pathology at the University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Fauza DO, Hirschl RB, Wilson JM. Continuous intrapulmonary distension with perfluorocarbon accelerates lung growth in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia: initial experience. J Pediatr Surg 2001; 36:1237-40. [PMID: 11479865 DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2001.25783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE The authors have shown previously in an animal model that neonatal lung growth can be accelerated by continuous intrapulmonary distension with a perfluorocarbon (PFC). The authors now describe a preliminary clinical experience with this therapeutic concept in a select group of infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). METHODS Neonates with very high predicted mortality rate caused by CDH had their lungs completely filled with PFC while on extracorporeal life support (ECLS); (n = 5). A continuous positive pressure of 7 to 10 cm H2O was maintained via the endotracheal tube for 3 to 7 days (mean, 5.6 +/- 0.87 days). The areas of both lungs (L) then were measured daily from digitized chest x-rays and divided by the area of the corresponding L1 vertebrae (V), to create an L/V index, so as to control for variable roentgenographic techniques. Immediately after removal of PFC, blood gas data were collected off ECLS. RESULTS At the end of continuous pulmonary distension, all patients showed improvements in oxygenation and ventilation. The ipsilateral lungs showed significant increase of the L/V index with time (P =.003) and of L/V's daily change (P <.0001), suggesting accelerated lung growth. Overall survival rate was 40% (2 of 5). Of the 3 patients that had 7 days of distension, 2 survived. CONCLUSIONS Continuous intrapulmonary distension with PFC for up to 1 week accelerated ipsilateral lung growth, improved gas exchange, and increased survival of CDH infants with profound pulmonary hypoplasia marooned on ECLS. Additional trials of PFC-based pulmonary distension in similar infants are warranted.
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- D O Fauza
- Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Younger JG, Sasaki N, Waite MD, Murray HN, Saleh EF, Ravage ZB, Hirschl RB, Ward PA, Till GO, Ravage ZA. Detrimental effects of complement activation in hemorrhagic shock. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2001; 90:441-6. [PMID: 11160040 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2001.90.2.441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The complement system has been implicated in early inflammatory events and a variety of shock states. In rats, we measured complement activation after hemorrhage and examined the hemodynamic and metabolic effects of complement depletion before injury and worsening of complement activation after hemorrhage and resuscitation [with a carboxypeptidase N inhibitor (CPNI), which blocks the clearance of C5a]. Rats were bled to a mean arterial pressure of 30 mmHg for 50 min and were then resuscitated for 2 h. Shock resulted in significant evidence of complement consumption, with serum hemolytic activity being reduced by 33% (P < 0.05). Complement depletion before injury did not affect hemorrhage volume (complement depleted = 28 +/- 1 ml/kg, complement intact = 29 +/- 1 ml/kg, P = 0.74) but improved postresuscitation mean arterial pressure by 37 mmHg (P < 0.05) and serum bicarbonate levels (complement depleted = 22 +/- 3 meq/ml, complement intact = 13 +/- 8 meq/ml, P < 0.05). Pretreatment with CPNI was lethal in 80% of treated animals vs. the untreated hemorrhaged group in which no deaths occurred (P < 0.05). In this model of hemorrhagic shock, complement activation appeared to contribute to progressive hypotension and metabolic acidosis seen after resuscitation. The lethality of CPNI during acute blood loss suggests that the anaphylatoxins are important in the pathophysiological events involved in hemorrhagic shock.
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- J G Younger
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0303, USA.
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Awad SS, Hemmila MR, Soldes OS, Sawada S, Rich PB, Mahler S, Gargulinski M, Hirschl RB, Bartlett RH. A novel stable reproducible model of hepatic failure in canines. J Surg Res 2000; 94:167-71. [PMID: 11104657 DOI: 10.1006/jsre.2000.5997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Stable and reproducible large animal models of hepatic failure, which allow the assessment of liver-assist devices, are not available. Our objective was to develop a physiologically stable animal model of hepatic failure on which the safety and efficacy of an extracorporeal liver-assist device can be tested. We hypothesized that a surgical model which consists of an end-to-side portocaval shunt combined with common bile duct ligation and transection would create hepatic failure with: (1) elevations in amino transferases, total bilirubin, and ammonia; (2) a decrease in the ratio of branched chain to aromatic amino acids; and (3) histologic evidence of hepatic injury. METHODS Eleven mongrel dogs underwent common bile duct transection and an end-to-side portocaval shunt. Aminotransferases (AST, ALT), total bilirubin, ammonia, and branched chain and aromatic amino acids were measured prior to operation (baseline) and after 9 days. A necropsy was performed on Postoperative Day 9 and liver biopsies were obtained for histology. RESULTS By Postoperative Day 9, AST, ALT, total bilirubin, and ammonia values were significantly elevated compared to baseline (P < 0.02). The ratio of branched chain to aromatic amino acids was significantly reduced compared to baseline (P < 0.003). There was histologic evidence of cholestasis and inflammation. CONCLUSION Portocaval shunt with common bile duct transection produces liver failure with elevations in aminotransferases, total bilirubin, and ammonia, a decreased branched chain to aromatic amino acid ratio, and histologic inflammation. Unlike ischemic or chemically induced models of liver failure, the dogs were hemodynamically and neurologically stable. This model can be used to test the safety and efficacy of liver-assist devices aimed at temporizing the detoxification functions of the failing liver.
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- S S Awad
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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BACKGROUND We examined the effects of decreasing respiratory rate (RR) at variable inspiratory times (It) and reducing inspiratory flow on the development of ventilator-induced lung injury. METHODS Forty sheep weighing 24.6+/-3.2 kg were ventilated for 6 hours with one of five strategies (FIO2 = 1.0, positive end-expiratory pressure = 5 cm H2O): (1) pressure-controlled ventilation (PCV), RR = 15 breaths/min, peak inspiratory pressure (PIP) = 25 cm H2O, n = 8; (2) PCV, RR = 15 breaths/min, PIP = 50 cm H2O, n = 8; (3) PCV, RR = 5 breaths/min, PIP = 50 cm H2O, It = 6 seconds, n = 8; (4) PCV, RR = 5 breaths/min, PIP = 50 cm H2O, It = 2 seconds, n = 8; and (5) limited inspiratory flow volume-controlled ventilation, RR = 5 breaths/min, pressure-limit = 50 cm H2O, flow = 15 L/min, n = 8. RESULTS Decreasing RR at conventional flows did not reduce injury. However, limiting inspiratory flow rate (LIFR) maintained compliance and resulted in lower Qs/Qt (HiPIP = 38+/-18%, LIFR = 19+/-6%, p < 0.001), reduced histologic injury (HiPIP = 14+/-0.9, LIFR = 2.2+/-0.9, p < 0.05), decreased intra-alveolar neutrophils (HiPIP = 90+/-49, LIFR = 7.6+/-3.8,p = 0.001), and reduced wet-dry lung weight (HiPIP = 87.3+/-8.5%, LIFR = 40.8+/-17.4%,p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS High-pressure ventilation for 6 hours using conventional flow patterns produces severe lung injury, irrespective of RR or It. Reduction of inspiratory flow at similar PIP provides pulmonary protection.
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- P B Rich
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, USA
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency presenting in the pediatric population. Approximately one third of these patients present with equivocal signs and symptoms frequently resulting in inpatient observation or additional diagnostic investigation. Although sonographic examination of patients with suspected appendicitis has been shown to be a highly accurate diagnostic modality, the cost effectiveness of this technology in the pediatric population has not been addressed. The economic value of this examination can be evaluated using a structured decision analysis. METHODS The authors constructed a decision analysis model of treatment strategies for 2 groups of patients with a suspected diagnosis of acute appendicitis. Patients were categorized as either presenting with a "definitive acute abdomen" or "equivocal examination." Data drawn from published literature reports of the sensitivity and specificity of ultrasound, institution-specific cost data, and expert judgment were used to construct 2 decision trees. These data were used to determine the least costly diagnostic strategy for each group of patients, and sensitivity analysis performed to assess the robustness of the conclusions. RESULTS The use of ultrasonography in patients with "an acute abdomen" is not cost efficient and results in average additional cost of $234 per patient. In patients with equivocal diagnoses who are discharged from the emergency room after a negative ultrasound examination finding results in an average cost savings of $260 when compared with admission and observation. Patients who are discharged without examination incur an average additional cost of $373 as a result of the high cost of a missed diagnosis resulting in a perforated appendix. CONCLUSION The use of ultrasonography can be recommended for children with suspected appendicitis and equivocal examinations who are discharged from the emergency room after a negative examination result.
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- D A Axelrod
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE The objective of this study was to show the safety and efficacy of a method of percutaneous cannulation for venovenous extracorporeal life support (ECLS) access in nonneonatal (>10 kg) pediatric patients. METHODS Between June 1992 and October 1998, 26 pediatric patients (age range, 3 to 17 years; weight range, 19 to 100 kg) underwent attempted percutaneous cannulation for venovenous ECLS at our institution. Venous drainage access was attempted using a modified Seldinger technique via the right internal jugular vein (RIJ, n = 22) or right femoral vein (RFV, n = 4). Reinfusion access was attempted via the RFV (n = 19), RIJ (n = 4), or left femoral vein (n = 3). RESULTS The percutaneous technique was successful in 24 of 26 patients (92.3%). Maximum blood flow during ECLS was 80.1 +/- 30.0 mL/kg/min, generating a postmembrane lung outlet pressure of 138 +/- 54.8 mm Hg. Adequate gas exchange was achieved in all patients, and survival to discharge was 79.2%. There was no procedure-related mortality. Complications potentially related to the percutaneous technique included RIJ thrombosis (n = 1) detected after decannulation and cannula site bleeding (n = 3). CONCLUSION Percutaneous access may be used safely and effectively for venovenous ECLS in pediatric patients.
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- D S Foley
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor 48109-0245, USA
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Hemmila MR, Foley DS, Castle VP, Hirschl RB. The response to splenectomy in pediatric patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura who fail high-dose intravenous immune globulin. J Pediatr Surg 2000; 35:967-71; discussion 971-2. [PMID: 10873046 DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2000.6938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND A recent article by Law et al concluded that patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) who have a poor response to intravenous immune globulin (IgG) are unlikely to have a good or excellent response to surgical splenectomy. METHODS The authors studied retrospectively 23 pediatric patients age 11.7 +/- 1.0 years with ITP who had been treated with IgG before undergoing splenectomy. As in the aforementioned article, the responses to the 2 treatments were classified on the basis of the platelet count as poor (<50,000/mm3), good (50,000 to 150,000/mm3), or excellent (>150,000/mm3). For patients who received multiple IgG treatments, both initial and final treatment responses were analyzed. RESULTS Sixteen patients had an excellent or good initial response to IgG. Of these 16 patients, 14 had an excellent or good response to splenectomy. Among the 7 patients who had a poor response to IgG there were 3 who had an excellent or good response to splenectomy (43%), and 4 patients who had a poor response to splenectomy. A good or excellent response to initial treatment with IgG was associated with a significant probability of a good or excellent response to splenectomy (P = .045). CONCLUSIONS A good or excellent response to IgG may be predictive of a favorable response to splenectomy. However, a poor response to IgG does not preclude a satisfactory response to splenectomy in pediatric patients with ITP.
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- M R Hemmila
- Department of Surgery, The University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
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OBJECTIVE Perfluorocarbon liquid ventilation has been shown to enhance pulmonary mechanics and gas exchange in the setting of respiratory failure. To optimize the total liquid ventilation process, we developed a volume-limited, time-cycled liquid ventilatory support, consisting of an electrically actuated, microprocessor-controlled, double-cylinder, piston pump with two separate limbs for active inspiration and expiration. DESIGN Prospective, controlled, animal laboratory study, involving sequential application of conventional gas ventilation, partial ventilation (PLV), and total liquid ventilation (TLV). SETTING Research facility at a university medical center. SUBJECTS A total of 12 normal adult New Zealand rabbits weighing 3.25+/-0.1 kg. INTERVENTIONS Anesthestized rabbits were supported with gas ventilation for 30 mins (respiratory rate, 20 cycles/min; peak inspiratory pressure, 15 cm H2O; end-expiratory pressure, 5 cm H2O), then PLV was established with perflubron (12 mL/kg). After 15 mins, TLV was instituted (tidal volume, 18 mL/kg; respiratory rate, 7 cycles/min; inspiratory/expiratory ratio, 1:2 cycles/min). After 4 hrs of TLV, PLV was re-established. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Of 12 animals, nine survived the 4-hr TLV period. During TLV, mean values +/- SEM were as follows: PaO2, 363+/-30 torr; PaCO2, 39+/-1.5 torr; pH, 7.39+/-0.01; static peak inspiratory pressure, 13.2+/-0.2 cm H2O; static endexpiratory pressure, 5.5+/-0.1 cm H2O. No significant changes were observed. When compared with gas ventilation and PLV, significant increases occurred in mean arterial pressure (62.4+/-3.5 torr vs. 74.0+/-1.2 torr) and central venous pressure (5.6+/-0.7 cm H2O vs. 7.8+/-0.2 cm H2O) (p < .05). CONCLUSIONS Total liquid ventilation can be performed successfully utilizing piston pumps with active expiration. Considering the enhanced flow profiles, this device configuration provides advantages over others.
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- J P Meinhardt
- Universitätsklinikum Mannheim, Fakultät für Klinische Medizin der Universität Heidelberg, Germany
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Oxygen transfer across a single cotyledon of the human placenta was assessed by using three different perfusates in the maternal circuit: 1) M-199 culture medium, 2) human adult red blood cells (RBCs), and 3) perflubron. These maternal circuit perfusates were oxygenated with a membrane oxygenator. RBCs were perfused on the fetal side of the circuit and samples were taken preplacenta and postplacenta for each maternal perfusate. PO2 and PCO2 were measured and O2 transfer was calculated for each maternal perfusate. O2 transfer per single cotyledon (mean +/- SE) was 0.18 +/- 0.04, 0.20 +/- 0.03, and 0.15 +/- 0.05 ccO2/min when using: 1) M-199, 2) RBCs, and 3) perflubron, respectively. O2 transfer per kilogram of placental tissue was 13.08 +/- 2.78, 14.57 +/- 2.05, and 10.43 +/- 3.79 ccO2/kg per minute when using: 1) M-199, 2) RBCs, and 3) perflubron, respectively. When extrapolated to the individual weights of the entire placenta, the O2 transfer was 9.15 +/- 1.95, 10.20 +/- 1.43, and 7.30 +/- 2.65 when using: 1) M-199, 2) RBCs, and 3) perflubron, respectively. We conclude from these data that O2 transfer can be accomplished during placental perfusion. Larger studies are required to differentiate efficacy among the three maternal circuit perfusates.
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- S Sawada
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0245, USA
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Annich GM, Meinhardt JP, Mowery KA, Ashton BA, Merz SI, Hirschl RB, Meyerhoff ME, Bartlett RH. Reduced platelet activation and thrombosis in extracorporeal circuits coated with nitric oxide release polymers. Crit Care Med 2000; 28:915-20. [PMID: 10809259 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200004000-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether the use of nitric oxide (NO)-releasing polymers coated onto the inner surface of extracorporeal circuits can reduce platelet consumption and activation in the absence of systemic heparinization using a rabbit model of venovenous extracorporeal circulation. DESIGN Prospective, controlled trial. SETTING Research laboratory at an academic medical institution. SUBJECTS New Zealand White Rabbits. INTERVENTIONS Anesthetized, tracheotomized, and ventilated New Zealand White rabbits were injected with freshly prepared, 111In(oxine)3 labeled single donor platelets through the external jugular vein. After baseline measurements, these animals were placed on venovenous extracorporeal circulation through a 1-m control circuit or NO test circuit for 4 hrs at a blood flow rate of 109-118 mL/min via roller pump. Four groups were studied: systemically heparinized control circuits, systemically heparinized NO test circuits, nonheparinized control circuits, and nonheparinized NO test circuits. Platelet counts, fibrinogen levels, and plasma free indium levels were measured hourly. Circuits were rinsed and retained for gamma counting after the 4-hr run or when the circuit clotted. Four animals, one from each group, did not receive radiolabeled platelets so that the circuits could be preserved for scanning electron microscopic examination after the 4-hr study. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Platelet consumption was significantly reduced in both the heparinized and nonheparinized NO test groups when compared with the controls (p < .0001 and p < .0004, respectively). Platelet adhesion to the extracorporeal circuits was significantly reduced in the nonheparinized test circuits when compared with the controls (p < .05). Scanning electron microscopic examination of the circuits revealed that in the absence of heparin and in the presence of a NO-releasing surface, platelets retained their spherical nonactivated shape. CONCLUSIONS The incorporation of NO into the surface of extracorporeal circuits reduces platelet consumption and eliminates the need for systemic heparinization in a rabbit model of extracorporeal circulation.
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- G M Annich
- Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0243, USA.
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Bartlett RH, Roloff DW, Custer JR, Younger JG, Hirschl RB. Extracorporeal life support: the University of Michigan experience. JAMA 2000; 283:904-8. [PMID: 10685715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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The University of Michigan experience with extracorporeal life support (ECLS) in 1000 consecutive patients between 1980 and 1998 is the largest series at one institution in the world. Among this patient population, survival to hospital discharge in moribund patients with respiratory failure was 88% in 586 neonates, 70% in 132 children, and 56% in 146 adults. Survival in moribund patients with cardiac failure was 48% in 105 children and 33% in 31 adults. This article describes the University of Michigan's overall ECLS patient experience, the progression of ECLS from laboratory experiments to clinical application at the bedside, the expansion of the technology to other centers, and current ECLS technology and outcomes. Despite the challenges faced in clinical research in this field, our experience and that of others has shown that ECLS saves lives of patients with acute cardiac or pulmonary failure in a variety of clinical settings.
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- R H Bartlett
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0331, USA.
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Lelli JL, Drongowski RA, Raviz S, Wilke L, Heidelberger KP, Hirschl RB. Historical changes in the postoperative treatment of appendicitis in children: impact on medical outcome. J Pediatr Surg 2000; 35:239-44; discussion 244-5. [PMID: 10693673 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3468(00)90017-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE The introduction of managed care in the 1980s caused increased pressure to reduce costs for hospitalized patients. The authors hypothesized that these market forces have resulted in a decreased hospital stay and utilization of sophisticated diagnostic testing in children treated for appendicitis. If true, the impact of this paradigm shift on patient outcome is unknown. METHODS Hospital records for 913 pediatric patients treated for appendicitis from 1974 to 1998 were reviewed retrospectively. Patients were stratified into those with perforated appendicitis (PA) and nonperforated appendicitis (NPA). Demographics, perioperative hospital course, diagnostic testing, complications, and long-term outcomes were analyzed after stratification into time intervals. RESULTS Over time, children with NPA were treated with shorter antibiotic courses (P<.05) and were placed on a regular diet earlier (P<.05). These changes in treatment resulted in an earlier discharge (P<.05). The amount of time to become afebrile with a normal white blood cell count (WBC) did not change over time. Children with PA exhibited similar results with shorter antibiotic courses (P<.05), earlier dietary intake (P<.05) and earlier hospital discharge (P<.05) over time. In all children with appendicitis there was no significant difference in the rate of wound infections, abscesses requiring drains, readmission, or reoperations overtime. The utilization of abdominal radiographs (83%) and ultrasonography (USN; 40%) was high and remained unchanged over time. Utilization of computed tomography (CT scan) was low (4.3%) in the early decades and was not used as a preoperative test from 1991 to 1994. Given the high diagnostic accuracy of a pediatric surgeon for this disease, Bayesian analysis indicates that USN utilization rates should be 15%. CONCLUSIONS The market pressures of managed care have resulted in a new treatment paradigm with an earlier discharge of all children with appendicitis. There has been no concomitant increase in the complication rate in either group as a result of this paradigm shift. Bayesian analysis indicates that USN and abdominal radiographs are overutilized in our institution.
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- J L Lelli
- Department of Surgery, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109-0245, USA
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Perfluorocarbons accumulate in the dependent regions of the lungs, which may result in regional hypoxia if ventilation with oxygen is insufficient to oxygenate the dependent perfluorocarbon-filled alveoli. In this issue of Critical Care, Max et al present data that demonstrate a decrease in arterial oxygen tension (PaO2) at 30 min compared to that observed at 5 min after administration of FC 3280. These data suggest failure of on-going ventilation/oxygenation to support the initial increase in PaO2 attributed to the oxygen dissolved in the administered perfluorocarbon. Studies such as this one demonstrate that development of the optimal partial liquid ventilation (PLV) technique is ongoing.
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- R B Hirschl
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
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PURPOSE The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with malignant etiologies of childhood peripheral lymphadenopathy and to construct a model that may be used to assess the risk of malignancy. METHODS The medical records of 60 consecutive patients 18 years old or less who underwent peripheral lymph node biopsies were reviewed. RESULTS Increasing node size, number of sites of adenopathy, and age were associated with an increasing risk of malignancy (P < .05 for all variables). Graphs useful for risk determination were constructed based on these variables. Additional factors associated with malignancy included the presence of supraclavicular adenopathy (P < .01), an abnormal chest x-ray (P < .01), and fixed nodes (P < .01). Variables that were not statistically different between patients with benign and malignant adenopathy included the duration of adenopathy (P = .43), the presence of fever (P = .36), cough (P = .14), splenomegaly (P = .93), skin involvement (P = .39), tenderness (P = .49), and bilateral adenopathy (P = .39). Fluctuance was associated with benign adenopathy (P < .04). CONCLUSIONS The risk of malignancy increased with increasing size and number of sites of adenopathy and age. Other significant predictors of malignancy included supraclavicular location, an abnormal chest x-ray, and fixed nodes. These data may be used to supplement clinical judgment to predict the risk of malignancy.
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- O S Soldes
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor 48109-0245, USA
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Coran AG, Blackman PM, Sikina C, Harmon CM, Lelli JL, Geiger JD, Hirschl RB, Teitelbaum DH, Polley TZ, Golladay ES, Austin E, Adelman SH. Specialty networking in pediatric surgery: a paradigm for the future of academic surgery. Ann Surg 1999; 230:331-7; discussion 337-9. [PMID: 10493480 PMCID: PMC1420878 DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199909000-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To review retrospectively a 4-year experience with pediatric surgical networking at a major academic medical center in the Midwest. BACKGROUND The growth of managed care in the United States during the past decade has had a major impact on the practice of medicine in general, but especially on academic medicine. In some academic medical centers, the loss of market share has not only affected clinical activity but has also compromised the educational and research missions of these institutions. METHODS At the authors' institution, a networking strategy in pediatric surgery was established in 1993 and implemented on July 1, 1994. In 1994, one new satellite practice was established; over the next 4 years, four additional practices were added, including one in another state. To assess the impact on financial status, clinical activity, education, and academic productivity, the following parameters were analyzed: gross and net revenue, surgical cases, clinic visits, ranking of the pediatric surgery residency, publications, grant support, and development and endowment funds. RESULTS Gross and net revenue increased from $3,273,000 and $302,000 in 1993 to $10,087,000 and $2,826,000, respectively, in 1998. Surgical cases and clinic visits increased from 1240 and 3751 in 1993 to 5872 and 11,604, respectively, in 1998. At the medical center's children's hospital, surgical cases and clinic visits increased from 1240 and 3751 to 2592 and 4729 during the same time period. During this 4-year period, the faculty increased from 4 to 11. Since 1997, the National Resident Matching Program has provided data on how pediatric surgery residency candidates ranked a training program. In 1997, this program received the second-most one to five rankings; in 1998, it tied for first. This exceeds the faculty's perception of previous years' rankings. Publications increased from 26 in 1993 to a peak number of 62 in 1996; in 1997 and 1998 the publications were 48 and 37, respectively. External grant support increased from $139,882 in 1993 to a total of $6,109,971 in 1998. Development and endowment funds increased from $103,559 in 1993 to $2,702,2777 in 1998. CONCLUSIONS Pediatric surgical networking at the authors' institution has had a markedly positive impact on finances, clinical activity, education, and academic productivity during a 4-year period. The residency training program appears to have improved in popularity among candidates, probably because of the increased referral of complex cases to the medical center from the various networking satellites. External grant support and basic laboratory research significantly increased, most likely because of the greater number of faculty with protected time for research recruited. Development and endowment funds dramatically grew because of the excellent fiscal health of the pediatric surgical program. This experience may serve as a model for other academic surgical specialties.
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- A G Coran
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109-0245, USA
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A number of advances in the treatment of infants and children with respiratory failure have been investigated in the laboratory with translation to clinical practice. Investigators have recognized that application of high ventilating pressures and failure to apply adequate levels of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) can inflict injury to the already failing lung. Other interventions such as prone positioning and application of new ventilating strategies such as proportional assist ventilation (PAV), inverse ratio ventilation (IRV), high frequency ventilation, liquid ventilation, and intratracheal pulmonary ventilation (ITPV), continue to be developed and explored. Administration of inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) may improve pulmonary physiology and gas exchange in patients with respiratory insufficiency. Finally, the technique of extracorporeal life support (ECLS) is being simplified and refined. This report summarizes the status of these advances and describes the basic science and clinical research that brought them to clinical application.
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- R B Hirschl
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
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OBJECTIVE Extracorporeal support of heart and lung function (venoarterial perfusion) during cardiac arrest (ECPR) has been advocated as a means of improving survival following cardiac arrest. The authors retrospectively reviewed their institution's seven-year experience with this intervention. METHODS Emergency department patients and inpatients in cardiac arrest or immediately postarrest were considered candidates. ECPR was instituted using venoarterial bypass and was continued until patients regained sufficient cardiopulmonary function to allow weaning from the device or until their condition was deemed irrecoverable. RESULTS ECPR was attempted in 25 patients and successfully instituted in 21. Four patients (16%) were converted from ECPR to ventricular assist devices, two of whom survived and await transplantation. Seven additional patients were discharged from the hospital, resulting in an overall survival of 36%. Because none of the children treated survived, there was a trend toward higher age among survivors (survivors 40 +/- 14 yr, nonsurvivors 33 +/- 15 yr, p = 0.29). The duration of conventional CPR was shorter among survivors (survivors 21 +/- 16 min, nonsurvivors 43 +/- 32 min, p = 0.04), as was the duration of extracorporeal support (survivors 44 +/- 21 hr, nonsurvivors 87 +/- 96 hr, p = 0.18). Survival was seen only in patients whose conditions were amenable to a definitive therapeutic intervention, particularly cardiac arrest due to respiratory or pulmonary embolic disease. While four of the five patients treated in the ED were successfully supported, none survived to discharge. CONCLUSION In select patients with reversible disease, extracorporeal CPR can be used to successfully treat cardiac arrest. Further investigation into its most appropriate application is warranted.
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- J G Younger
- Extracorporeal Life Support Service, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
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Severe respiratory failure in newborn and pediatric patients is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Basic science laboratory investigation has led to advances both in our understanding of ventilator-induced lung injury and in optimizing the supportive use of conventional ventilation strategies. Over the past few years, progress has been made in alternative therapies for ventilating both children and adults with severe respiratory failure. This review focuses on recent laboratory and clinical data detailing the techniques of permissive hypercapnia, high frequency oscillatory ventilation, inhaled nitric oxide, intratracheal pulmonary ventilation, and liquid ventilation. Some of these modalities are becoming commonplace, and others may have much to offer the clinician if their benefit is clearly demonstrated in future clinical trials.
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- M R Hemmila
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor 48109-0245, USA
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OBJECTIVE To date, studies of partial liquid ventilation (PLV) have examined its effects acutely in anesthetized and mechanically ventilated subjects. We set out to develop a model of prolonged PLV in awake, spontaneously breathing animals. DESIGN Animal case series SETTING Cardiopulmonary physiology laboratory. SUBJECTS Fifteen New Zealand white rabbits (3.2+/-0.39 kg). INTERVENTIONS Animals were anesthetized and instrumented with a novel technique allowing percutaneously assisted placement of an intratracheal catheter with a subcutaneously tunneled externalized free end. After anesthetic recovery, PLV was performed in spontaneously breathing unsedated animals. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Evaporative losses were determined using a single 10 mL/kg perflubron dose (n = 5); hourly radiographs were obtained until residual perflubron was minimal. For prolonged PLV (n = 10), a 10-mL/kg initial perflubron dose was followed every 4 hrs with 5-mL/kg supplements. Radiographs were obtained immediately before and after perflubron administration and were scored (0-5) by a radiologist blinded to dosing regimen and time interval. Data were analyzed with ANOVA and Student's t-test with correction for multiple comparisons. Initial filling was nearly complete (score = 4.8+/-0.42); lungs were maintained approximately half-filled through 4 hrs (score = 2.53+/-0.71). By 6 hrs, the majority of perflubron had evaporated (score = 1.75+/-0.53). Over 24 hrs, radiographs documented continuous perflubron exposure (postffill = 4.53+/-0.64, prefill = 3.40+/-0.71, average = 3.97+/-0.43); scores were comparatively higher after filling (after = 4.53+/-0.64, before = 3.4+/-0.71, p< .001). Left and right lung volumes were equivalent (left = 4.06+/-0.47, right = 3.89+/-0.39, p = .027). All animals survived the 24 hrs of PLV. CONCLUSIONS Percutaneously assisted intratracheal cannulation with catheter exteriorization permits prolonged PLV in spontaneously breathing, unsedated animals. Continuous perfluorocarbon exposure with this method is reproducible, consistent, and well tolerated for 24 hrs in uninjured animals.
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- P B Rich
- Department of Surgery, The University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, USA
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PURPOSE The aim of this study was to assess the utility of technetium (Tc) 99m pertechnetate scintigraphy in the diagnostic workup of the pediatric patient with gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding and a suspected Meckel's diverticulum. METHODS The charts of 235 consecutive patients evaluated with a Meckel's scan (n = 165) or with the discharge diagnosis of Meckel's diverticulum (n = 70) between January 1975 and October 1997 were reviewed for presenting symptoms, bleeding characteristics, diagnostic studies and pathological diagnosis. Those patients with lower GI bleeding and a serum hemoglobin level less than 11.0 g/dL who underwent a 99mTc pertechnetate scan (n = 43) were assessed for utility of the scan. RESULTS In all patients the Meckel's scan had a positive and negative predictive value of 0.93. However, in patients with lower GI bleeding and a hemoglobin less than 11.0 g/dL the Meckel's scan had a sensitivity of 0.60, a positive predictive value of 1.0, a specificity of 0.96, but only a negative predictive value of 0.74. As such, the probability that a child who presents with GI bleeding and a serum hemoglobin less than 11 g/dL will have a Meckel's diverticulum despite a negative Meckel's scan of 0.26. We further evaluated the eight patients with a false-negative scan: ectopic gastric mucosa was present on pathological examination in all eight patients. Pentagastrin stimulation was performed at the time of scintigraphic study in three of eight. Six of these eight patients had duplicate scans that also were negative. Patients with a false-negative (FN) scan had significantly increased hospital charges when compared with those with a true positive (TP) scan (TP = $5012 +/- 1992; FN = $8554 +/- 1506; P = .0001). Clinical suspicion had a major effect on the decision-making process in these patients independent of the results of the Meckel's scan, and all eight patients ultimately underwent exploratory laparoscopy-laparotomy with Meckel's diverticulectomy despite the scan results. CONCLUSIONS The relatively low negative predictive value of the Meckel's scan may result in the need for operative evaluation despite the scan data. As such, the contribution of the scan to clinical decision making is low. These findings suggest that exploratory laparotomy or laparoscopy may be indicated instead of scintigraphic scanning in the assessment of the anemic (hemoglobin less than 11 g/dL) pediatric patient with lower GI bleeding, especially in patients in whom a high suspicion for a bleeding Meckel's diverticulum exists.
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- F Swaniker
- Department of Surgery and C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0245, USA
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van Leeuwen K, Teitelbaum DH, Hirschl RB, Austin E, Adelman SH, Polley TZ, Marshall KW, Coran AG, Nugent C. Prenatal diagnosis of congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation and its postnatal presentation, surgical indications, and natural history. J Pediatr Surg 1999; 34:794-8; discussion 798-9. [PMID: 10359183 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3468(99)90375-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Regression of a cystic adenomatoid malformation (CAM) in a fetus is well described. Little, however, is known about the postnatal course of these infants. This study attempts to correlate the prenatal course of CAMs with postnatal symptoms, radiological manifestations, and need for surgery. METHODS The clinical course of patients with a CAM diagnosed prenatally were retrospectively reviewed. Inclusion in the study required a prenatal ultrasound scan documenting a CAM. RESULTS Over 10 years, 14 patients with a CAM were diagnosed prenatally. Six (43%) showed a partial in utero regression. Four patients were symptomatic at birth and underwent a resection as newborns. Ten patients were asymptomatic at birth, and eight of these had normal chest x-rays. Elective resection has been performed in 3 of these 10, and two additional children are scheduled to undergo an excision near 1 year of age. The remaining five patients have undergone follow-up nonoperatively for a mean of 36 +/- 15 months. Of the seven asymptomatic patients not undergoing immediate surgery, only one has shown a slight postnatal regression, despite five of these showing regression in utero. None have become symptomatic. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that regression of a CAM on prenatal ultrasound scan is common, but this process does not continue after birth. A normal chest x-ray does not indicate complete regression of a CAM; a computed tomography (CT) scan is required to evaluate such patients, and will generally demonstrate a CAM. Asymptomatic patients with a CAM may be followed up nonoperatively with no apparent adverse effects. The decision and timing of an excision in an asymptomatic patient remains controversial among pediatric surgeons.
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- K van Leeuwen
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School and the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, USA
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Michaels AJ, Schriener RJ, Kolla S, Awad SS, Rich PB, Reickert C, Younger J, Hirschl RB, Bartlett RH. Extracorporeal life support in pulmonary failure after trauma. J Trauma 1999; 46:638-45. [PMID: 10217227 DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199904000-00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To present a series of 30 adult trauma patients who received extracorporeal life support (ECLS) for pulmonary failure and to retrospectively review variables related to their outcome. METHODS In a Level I trauma center between 1989 and 1997, ECLS with continuous heparin anticoagulation was instituted in 30 injured patients older than 15 years. Indication was for an estimated mortality risk greater than 80%, defined by a PaO2: FIO2 ratio less than 100 on 100% FIO2, despite pressure-mode inverse ratio ventilation, optimal positive end-expiratory pressure, reasonable diuresis, transfusion, and prone positioning. Retrospective analysis included demographic information (age, gender, Injury Severity Score, injury mechanism), pulmonary physiologic and gas-exchange values (pre-ECLS ventilator days [VENT days], PaO2:FIO2 ratio, mixed venous oxygen saturation [SvO2], and blood gas), pre-ECLS cardiopulmonary resuscitation, complications of ECLS (bleeding, circuit problems, leukopenia, infection, pneumothorax, acute renal failure, and pressors on ECLS), and survival. RESULTS The subjects were 26.3+/-2.1 years old (range, 15-59 years), 50% male, and had blunt injury in 83.3%. Pulmonary recovery sufficient to wean the patient from ECLS occurred in 17 patients (56.7%), and 50% survived to discharge. Fewer VENT days and more normal SvO2 were associated with survival. The presence of acute renal failure and the need for venoarterial support (venoarterial bypass) were more common in the patients who died. Bleeding complications (requiring intervention or additional transfusion) occurred in 58.6% of patients and were not associated with mortality. Early use of ECLS (VENT days < or = 5) was associated with an odds ratio of 7.2 for survival. Fewer VENT days was independently associated with survival in a logistic regression model (p = 0.029). Age, Injury Severity Score, and PaO2:FIO2 ratio were not related to outcome. CONCLUSION ECLS has been safely used in adult trauma patients with multiple injuries and severe pulmonary failure. In our series, early implementation of ECLS was associated with improved survival. Although this may represent selection bias for less intractable forms of acute respiratory distress syndrome, it is our experience that early institution of ECLS may lead to improved oxygen delivery, diminished ventilator-induced lung injury, and improved survival.
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- A J Michaels
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0031, USA
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Hemmila MR, Hirschl RB, Teitelbaum DH, Austin E, Geiger JD. Tracheobronchial avulsion and associated innominate artery injury in blunt trauma: case report and literature review. J Trauma 1999; 46:505-12. [PMID: 10088860 DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199903000-00029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- M R Hemmila
- Department of Surgery, The University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0245, USA
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STUDY OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to demonstrate the safety and utility of a method of percutaneous access for cannulation of adult patients for venovenous extracorporeal life support (ECLS). DESIGN A retrospective review of a patient series. SETTING A surgical ICU at a university teaching hospital. PATIENTS The study group consisted of 94 adults > 17 years old with respiratory failure who were placed on venovenous ECLS by means of percutaneous cannulation. INTERVENTIONS The cannulation of the internal jugular and femoral veins (FVs) using the Seldinger technique for venovenous ECLS. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS Between May 1992 and November 1997, we performed percutaneous cannulation for venovenous ECLS in 94 adult patients with respiratory failure. The mean (+/- SD) age was 36.1+/-12.7 years old (range, 17 to 65 years). The mean (+/-SD) weight was 80.7+/-22.3 kg (range, 36 to 156 kg). The right internal jugular vein (RIJV) was used for venous drainage access in all but four cases. The right FV (n = 86), the left FV (n = 3), or the RIJV (n = 4) was utilized for venous reinfusion. The maximum blood flow (+/-SD) during ECLS was 57.6+/-17.5 mL/kg/min (range, 22.4 to 127.8 mL/kg/min), with a postmembrane outlet pressure (+/-SD) of 146+/-43 mm Hg (range, 56 to 258 mm Hg) at the maximum flow rate. There were 11 unsuccessful percutaneous cannulation attempts. In three patients (3%), the complications consisted of arterial injury requiring operative cutdown and repair. In six patients (6%), cannula-site bleeding required pursestring suture reinforcement of the cannula site. One patient died from the perforation of the superior vena cava during cannulation. CONCLUSIONS Based on these data, we conclude that percutaneous cannulation may be utilized to provide venovenous ECLS in adults.
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- T Pranikoff
- Department of Surgery, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, USA
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Hirschl RB, Conrad S, Kaiser R, Zwischenberger JB, Bartlett RH, Booth F, Cardenas V. Partial liquid ventilation in adult patients with ARDS: a multicenter phase I-II trial. Adult PLV Study Group. Ann Surg 1998; 228:692-700. [PMID: 9833808 PMCID: PMC1191575 DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199811000-00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the safety and efficacy of partial liquid ventilation (PLV) in adult patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Previous studies have evaluated gas exchange and the safety of PLV in adult patients with severe respiratory failure whose gas exchange was partially provided by extracorporeal life support (ECLS). This is the first experience with adult patients who were not on ECLS. METHODS Intratracheal perflubron in a total dose of 30.1 +/- 7.1 ml/kg was administered over a period of 45 +/- 9 hours to nine adult patients with mean age = 49 +/- 4 years and mean PaO2/FiO2 ratio = 128 +/- 7 as part of a prospective, multicenter, phase I-II noncontrolled trial. RESULTS Significant decreases in mean (A-a)DO2 (baseline = 430 +/- 47, 48 hour = 229 +/- 17, p = 0.0127 by ANOVA) and FiO2 (baseline = 0.82 +/- 0.08, 48 hour = 0.54 +/- 0.06, p = 0.025), along with an increase in mean SvO2 (baseline = 75 +/- 3, 48 hour = 85 +/- 2, p = 0.018 by ANOVA) were observed. No significant changes in pulmonary compliance or hemodynamic variables were noted. Seven of the nine patients in this study survived beyond 28 days after initiation of partial liquid ventilation whereas 5 patients survived to discharge. Three adverse events [hypoxia (2) and hyperbilirubinemia (1)] were determined to be severe in nature. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that PLV may be performed safely with few related severe adverse effects. Improvement in gas exchange was observed in this series of adult patients over the 48 hours after initiation of PLV.
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- R B Hirschl
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0245, USA
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Rich PB, Awad SS, Crotti S, Hirschl RB, Bartlett RH, Schreiner RJ. A prospective comparison of atrio-femoral and femoro-atrial flow in adult venovenous extracorporeal life support. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998; 116:628-32. [PMID: 9766592 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(98)70170-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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INTRODUCTION In the United States, venovenous extracorporeal life support has traditionally been performed with atrial drainage and femoral reinfusion (atrio-femoral flow). Although flow reversal (femoro-atrial flow) may alter recirculation and extracorporeal flow, no direct comparison of these 2 modes has been undertaken. OBJECTIVE Our goal was to prospectively compare atrio-femoral and femoro-atrial flow in adult venovenous extracorporeal life support for respiratory failure. METHODS A modified bridge enabling conversion between atrio-femoral and femoro-atrial flow was incorporated in the extracorporeal circuit. Bypass was initiated in the direction that provided the highest pulmonary arterial mixed venous oxygen saturation, and the following measurements were taken: (1) maximum extracorporeal flow, (2) highest achievable pulmonary arterial mixed venous oxygen saturation, and (3) flow required to maintain the same pulmonary arterial mixed venous oxygen saturation in both directions. Flow direction was then reversed, and the measurements were repeated. Data were compared with paired t tests and are presented as mean +/- standard deviation. RESULTS Ten patients were studied, and 9 were included in the data analysis. Femoro-atrial bypass provided (1) higher maximal extracorporeal flow (femoro-atrial flow = 55.6 +/- 9.8 mL/kg per minute, atrio-femoral flow = 51.1 +/- 11.1 mL/kg per minute; P = .04) and (2) higher pulmonary arterial mixed venous oxygen saturation (femoroatrial flow = 89.9% +/- 6.6%, atrio-femoral flow = 83.2% +/- 4.2%; P = .006); (3) furthermore, it required less flow to maintain an equivalent pulmonary arterial mixed venous oxygen saturation (femoro-atrial flow = 37.0 +/- 12.2 mL/kg per minute, atrio-femoral flow = 46.4 +/- 8.8 mL/kg per minute; P = .04). CONCLUSIONS During venovenous extracorporeal life support, femoro-atrial bypass provided higher maximal extracorporeal flow, higher pulmonary arterial mixed venous oxygen saturation, and required comparatively less flow to maintain an equivalent mixed venous oxygen saturation than did atrio-femoral bypass.
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- P B Rich
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, USA
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Partial liquid ventilation (PLV) has been applied in various pulmonary diseases. We describe the use of partial liquid ventilation as a lavage method following normal saline (NS) lavage in an infant with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) and severe hypoxemia. A 6 weeks old 3.4 kg former 36 weeks gestation boy on supplemental oxygen was transferred to our NICU with persistent tachypnea, dry cough, and increasing oxygen requirements. A lingular open lung biopsy revealed PAP. He developed progressive respiratory failure requiring ventilatory support, necessitating conventional NS lavage, followed by lung lavage with perflubron (LiquiVent; Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp. and Hoechst Marion Roussel) while on venovenous extracorporeal life support (ECLS). Lung lavage with NS and perflubron yielded minimal cloudy effluent. Gas exchange and pulmonary function deteriorated following NS lavage and attempts to discontinue ECLS were poorly tolerated. In contrast, tidal volume, PaO2, and pulmonary compliance increased after PLV, while the (A-a) D(O2) decreased to a point where ECLS was no longer required. Once perflubron was added repeatedly to the ventilator circuit to correct for evaporation over the 4 days of PLV. Cardiovascular status remained stable for several days; however, eventually he required reinitiation of ECLS and more mechanical ventilatory support with each trial off ECLS. He was maintained on high pressures and FiO2 without any possibility to wean him from mechanical ventilation. Life support was withdrawn 1 month after admission. The survival from PAP in infants remains dismal, even with total lung NS lavage. While both NS and perflubron lavage in this patient were not effective in removing the proteinaceous alveolar debris, PLV following NS lavage was associated with an improvement in gas exchange and lung compliance.
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
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OBJECTIVE This study evaluates the ability of perflubron to inhibit pulmonary neutrophil accumulation during partial liquid ventilation (PLV) in the setting of acute lung injury. DESIGN Randomized, controlled, nonblinded study. SETTING Research laboratory at a university. SUBJECTS Male, Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 120, 506 +/- 42 g). INTERVENTIONS Animals were divided into eight groups (n = 15 in each group, of which n = 12 for myeloperoxidase content and n = 3 for histologic neutrophil counting): a) GV-CVF group, animals received gas ventilation (GV) with the induction of lung injury using cobra venom factor (CVF); b) PLV-CVF group, animals received partial liquid ventilation before the induction of lung injury; c) PEEP-CVF group, animals received positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) before the administration of cobra venom factor; d) CVF-PLV group, animals received partial liquid ventilation after cobra venom factor; e) CVF-PEEP group, animals received PEEP after cobra venom factor; f) PLV only group, animals received partial liquid ventilation only; g) GV only group, animals received gas ventilation only; and h) NVSBA group, nonventilated spontaneous breathing animals. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS After the experimental period, total lung myeloperoxidase content was significantly decreased in the PLV-CVF (0.29 +/- 0.08, p = .02) and PEEP-CVF (0.34 +/- 0.04, p = .01) groups when compared with the GV-CVF group (0.62 +/- 0.07). When compared with the GV-CVF group, a trend toward a reduction in myeloperoxidase was observed in the CVF-PLV (0.42 +/- 0.05, p = .07) and the CVF-PEEP (0.39 +/- 0.06, p = .07) groups. When compared with the cobra venom factor only group (GV-CVF 47 +/- 2 neutrophils/high-power field), reductions in neutrophil count were observed in all groups (neutrophils/high-power field): PLV-CVF (20 +/- 2, p = .009); PEEP-CVF (24 +/- 1, p = .01); CVF-PLV (30 +/- 2, p = .03); and CVF-PEEP (37 +/- 1, p = .04). CONCLUSION These data suggest that both partial liquid ventilation and PEEP result in a reduction in neutrophil accumulation in the setting of acute lung injury.
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- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0245, USA
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PURPOSE This study evaluated the ability of partial liquid ventilation (PLV, gas ventilation of the perfluorocarbon-filled lungs) to reduce the amount of lung albumin leak present in the setting of acute lung injury. MATERIALS AND METHODS An experimental controlled, randomized design was used. All studies were performed in the liquid ventilation laboratories at the University of Michigan Medical Center. Twenty-five Sprague-Dawley male rats 500+/-50 g were divided into five experimental groups: (1) CVF only (n=5), animals were cobra venom factor (CVF) lung injured; (2) PLV-CVF (n=5) animals received perflubron and PLV before CVF lung injury; (3) CVF-PLV (n=5) animals received PLV after CVF lung injury; (4) PLV only (n=5) animals underwent partial liquid ventilation without lung injury; and (5) Gas only (n=5) animals underwent gas ventilation without lung injury. In all groups iodinated bovine serum albumin (125I-BSA) was delivered by intravenous injection along with CVF or a saline placebo. RESULTS When the CVF animals were compared with all other groups, a decrease in albumin leak was observed for all groups when compared with the CVF only controls (P < .001 by ANOVA; CVF only=1.22+/-0.12 versus PLV-CVF=0.46+/-0.08, P < .001; CVF-PLV=0.70+/-0.25, P < .001; PLV only=0.22+/-0.01, P < .001; Gas only=0.17+/-0.02, P < .001). CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that intratracheal instillation of perfluorocarbon before or after induction of lung injury results in a reduction in pulmonary albumin leak.
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- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0245, USA
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Younger JG, Taqi AS, Jost PF, Till GO, Johnson KJ, Stern SA, Hirschl RB. The pattern of early lung parenchymal and air space injury following acute blood loss. Acad Emerg Med 1998; 5:659-65. [PMID: 9678388 DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1998.tb02482.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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UNLABELLED Acute lung injury is a frequent clinical occurrence following blood loss and trauma. The nature of this injury remains poorly understood. OBJECTIVE To examine the relative parenchymal and intra-alveolar distribution of inflammation in a rat model of hemorrhage and resuscitation. METHODS Rats were anesthetized and subjected to hemorrhage followed by resuscitation with shed blood and saline. Myeloperoxidase activity of lung homogenates and cytology of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid were used to measure total lung and intra-alveolar neutrophil invasion. Extravasation of i.v.-administered [125I]-albumin was used to determine total lung and alveolar permeability. Permeability results were analyzed using their base-10 logarithmic transformations. RESULTS 86 animals were studied. Whole-lung myeloperoxidase activity was increased (control = 0.34 +/- 0.16 units, injured = 0.84 +/- 0.43 units, p < 0.01), while there was no difference in intra-alveolar leukocyte counts (injured = 1.85 +/- 1.30 x 10(5)/mL, control = 2.44 +/- 1.75 x 10(5)/mL, p = 0.40), suggesting that the cellular component of the injury was more severe in the intravascular and interstitial spaces. There was a strong trend toward increased permeability in the interstitial compartment, and a significant increase in permeability in the intra-alveolar compartment (whole-lung permeability: control = -0.27 +/- 0.19 units, injured = 0.10 +/- 0.55 units, p = 0.06; alveolar permeability: control = -2.00 +/- 0.47 units, injured = -1.32 +/- 0.49 units, p < 0.01), suggesting that the loss of integrity to macromolecules was not limited to the interstitium. CONCLUSION Hemorrhage and resuscitation resulted in an acute lung injury characterized by extravasation of intravascular protein into both the interstitium and the intra-alveolar space. Neutrophil invasion of the lung was demonstrable only in the interstitial compartment.
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- Emergency Medicine Research Laboratories and the Section of Emergency Medicine, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0303, USA.
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Clark RH, Hardin WD, Hirschl RB, Jaksic T, Lally KP, Langham MR, Wilson JM. Current surgical management of congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a report from the Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Study Group. J Pediatr Surg 1998; 33:1004-9. [PMID: 9694085 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3468(98)90522-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 203] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) has changed from an emergent procedure to a delayed procedure in the last decade. Many other aspects of management have also evolved since the first successful repair. However, most reports are from single institutions. The lack of a large multicenter database has hampered progress in the management of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) and makes determination of the current standard difficult. METHODS The CDH study group was formed in 1995 to collect data from multiple institutions in North America, Europe, and Australia. Participating centers completed a registry form on all live-born infants with CDH during 1995 and 1996. Demographic information, data about surgical management, and outcome were collected for all patients. RESULTS Sixty-two centers participated, with 461 patients entered. Overall survival was 280 of 442 patients (63%) where survival was recorded. The defect was left-sided in 78%, right-sided in 21%, and bilateral in 1%. A subcostal approach was used in 91% of patients, with pleural drainage used in 76%. A patch of some kind was used in just over half (51%) of the patients, with polytetrafluoroethylene being the most commonly used material (81%) in those patients with a patch. The mean surgical time was 102 minutes, with an average blood loss of 14 mL (range, 0 to 500 mL). The overwhelming majority of patients underwent repair between 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM (289 of 329, 88%). Nineteen percent of patients had surgical repair on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) at a mean time of 170 hours into the ECMO course (range, 10 to 593 hours). The mean age at surgery in patients not treated with ECMO was 73 hours (range, 1 to 445 hours). CONCLUSIONS The multicenter nature of this report makes it a snapshot of current management. The data would indicate that prosthetic patching of the defect has become common, that after-hours repair is infrequent, and that delayed surgical repair has become the preferred approach in many centers. Furthermore, the mean survival rate of 63% indicates that despite decades of individual effort, the CDH problem is far from solved. This highlights the need for a centralized database and cooperative multicenter studies in the future.
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BACKGROUND Laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) has been used increasingly to treat children with hematologic disorders and has been reported to have advantages over open splenectomy performed through a standard vertical or subcostal incision. The authors perform open splenectomy (OS) through a lateral, muscle-splitting approach, and believe their approach is more reasonable in comparison with LS. METHODS Thirty-nine consecutive open splenectomies performed between 1991 and 1995 were reviewed retrospectively and compared with recent reports of LS. The series included 24 boys and 15 girls with an average age of 9 years and average weight of 37.5 kg. Indications included immune thrombocytopenic purpura (n = 20), hereditary spherocytosis (n = 18), and sickle cell anemia (n = 1). The operation was performed with the child in the lateral decubitus position through a left upper abdominal muscle-splitting incision (off the 11th rib), sparing the rectus muscle. RESULTS All 39 cases were completed without intraoperative complications with an average surgical time of 98.0 minutes (range, 30 to 302). The average surgical blood loss was 89 mL (range, 10 to 300). The children started feeding an average of 1.2 days (range, 0 to 4) postoperatively, were on a regular diet at an average of 2.0 days (range, 1 to 6) postoperatively, and had an average length of stay of 2.7 days (range, 1 to 6). There was no mortality or morbidity. CONCLUSIONS Open lateral splenectomy is performed with shorter surgical times, less blood loss, an excellent cosmetic result, no complications, and a length of stay comparable to any of the published series on laparoscopic splenectomy in children. This approach provides a reasonable basis for comparison with laparoscopic splenectomy.
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- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School and C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, USA
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Quintel M, Hirschl RB, Roth H, Loose R, van Ackern K. Computer tomographic assessment of perfluorocarbon and gas distribution during partial liquid ventilation for acute respiratory failure. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1998; 158:249-55. [PMID: 9655737 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.158.1.9605062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The average in vivo chest computed tomographic (CT) attenuation number (air = -1,000, soft tissue = 0, perflubron = +2,300 Hounsfield units [HU]) of 10 ventrodorsal-oriented lung segments was calculated to assess the distribution of gas and perflubron in 14 oleic acid lung-injured adult sheep during partial liquid ventilation (PLV, n = 7) or gas ventilation (GV, n = 7). Partial liquid ventilation was associated with a significant decrease in shunt fraction (PLV = 40 +/- 12%, GV = 76 +/- 12%, p = 0.004). Computed tomographic attenuation data during expiration (HUexp) demonstrated minimal gas aeration in GV animals in the dependent (segments 6-10) lung zones (HUexp = -562 +/- 108 for segments 1-5, HUexp = -165 +/- 104 for segments 6-10, p = 0.015). During PLV, perflubron was predominantly distributed to the dependent lung regions (HUexp = 579 +/- 338 for segments 1-5, HUexp = 790 +/- 149 for segments 6-10, p = 0.04). The ratio of the inspiratory to expiratory HU (HUinsp/exp) was greater in dependent than nondependent regions (mean HUinsp/exp segments 1-5 = 0.56, segments 6-10 = 0.81, p = 0.01), indicating that during inspiration relatively more gas than perflubron was distributed to the nondependent lung regions. We conclude that during PLV in this lung injury model, (1) gas exchange is improved when compared with gas ventilation, (2) perflubron is distributed predominantly to the dependent regions of the lung, and (3) although gas is distributed throughout the lung with each inspiration, more gas than perflubron goes to the nondependent lung regions.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Clinical Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- R B Hirschl
- Department of Surgery, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0245, USA
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE The appropriate role for ultrasonography (US) as a replacement for the upper gastrointestinal series (UGI) in vomiting infants remains undefined. The authors have used decision analysis techniques to determine whether the use of ultrasonography as an initial screen in vomiting infants is cost effective when compared with the UGI as the only study. METHODS Two diagnostic strategies were compared: 1) UGI alone and 2) ultrasonography followed by an UGI series in 50% of cases when ultrasonography scan was negative for pyloric stenosis. The test sensitivity (US, 0.9; UGI, 1.0) and test specificity (US, 1.0; UGI, 1.0) and the incidence of pyloric stenosis among vomiting infants presenting to the community pediatrician (0.30) or after a negative examination by an experienced examiner (0.02 to 0.18) were obtained from a review of the literature. The relative charges for ultrasonography and UGI were obtained from a national survey from which the cost ratio of US to UGI was estimated to range from 0.67 to 1.81 with a median of 1.06. RESULTS Under these baseline assumptions, UGI only was the preferred strategy. The results of the decision analysis were sensitive to, or dependent on, assumptions made regarding the incidence of pyloric stenosis, the US to UGI cost ratio, the sensitivity of the US, and the proportion of patients that proceed to UGI when the US scan was negative for pyloric stenosis. When at least 50% of patients whose US scan was negative for pyloric stenosis proceeded to a UGI, UGI remained the preferred strategy for all cost ratios examined (0.6 to 1.7). Even when no patients proceeded to UGI, the cost ratio of US to UGI had to be less than 0.7 under the typical incidence (0.30) of pyloric stenosis among vomiting infants presenting to the community pediatrician for US to be cost effective. Finally, only UGI was indicated when an olive was not appreciated by an experienced examiner. CONCLUSION Under assumptions that fit most clinically relevant circumstances, the UGI as the initial study is the most cost-effective radiological diagnostic test in the evaluation of the vomiting infant.
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- Department of Pediatrics and Surgery, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0245, USA
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Quintel M, Heine M, Hirschl RB, Tillmanns R, Wessendorf V. Effects of partial liquid ventilation on lung injury in a model of acute respiratory failure: a histologic and morphometric analysis. Crit Care Med 1998; 26:833-43. [PMID: 9590312 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199805000-00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To compare the histopathologic changes observed in a sheep model of oleic acid-induced acute respiratory failure during partial liquid ventilation with perflubron with gas ventilation. DESIGN Randomized, controlled study. SETTING Animal laboratory and pathology laboratories of a university hospital. SUBJECTS Fourteen healthy adult sheep, weighing 64.9 +/- 6.4 kg. INTERVENTIONS Lung injury was induced with oleic acid (0.15 mL/kg). A tracheostomy tube was inserted, along with systemic and pulmonary artery monitoring catheters. Animals were randomized to undergo either partial liquid ventilation (n = 7) or gas ventilation (n = 7). Animals underwent euthanasia at the end of the 90-min study period, after which the endotracheal tube was clamped with the lungs in expiratory hold at a positive end-expiratory pressure of 5 cm H2O. En bloc excision of the heart and lungs was performed by thoracotomy. Perfusion of the isolated lung vasculature with 2.5% paraformaldehyde and 0.25% glutaraldehyde in a 0.1-M phosphate buffer was performed. Histologic analysis followed. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Gas exchange increased markedly in the animals that underwent partial liquid ventilation compared with the gas-ventilated animals (PaO2 at 90 mins: gas ventilation-treatment group, 40 +/- 8 torr [5.3 +/- 1.1 kPa]; partial liquid ventilation-treatment group, 108 +/- 60 torr [14.4 +/- 8.0 kPa]; p = .004). Lung histologic analysis demonstrated a better overall diffuse alveolar damage score (partial liquid ventilation-treatment group, 12.4 +/- 1.4; gas ventilation-treatment group, 15.0 +/- 1.7; p = .01). In the partial liquid ventilation-treatment group, we observed an increase in mean alveolar diameter (partial liquid ventilation-treatment group, 82.4 +/- 2.9 microm; gas ventilation-treatment group, 67.7 x 3.9 microm; p = .0022) and a decrease in the number of alveoli per high-power field (partial liquid ventilation-treatment group, 25.7 +/- 0.9, gas ventilation-treatment group, 31.4 +/- 2.5; p = .0022), in septal wall thickness (partial liquid ventilation-treatment group, 6.0 +/- 0.6 microm; gas ventilation-treatment group, 8.3 +/- 1.0 microm; p = .0033), and in mean capillary diameter (partial liquid ventilation-treatment group, 13.0 +/- 0.8 microm; gas ventilation-treatment group, 19.9 +/- 1.4 microm; p = .0022). CONCLUSIONS Partial liquid ventilation is associated with notable improvement in gas exchange and with a reduction in the histologic and morphologic changes observed in an oleic acid model of acute lung injury.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Clinical Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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Gauger PG, Overbeck MC, Chambers SD, Cailipan CI, Hirschl RB. Partial liquid ventilation improves gas exchange and increases EELV in acute lung injury. J Appl Physiol (1985) 1998; 84:1566-72. [PMID: 9572800 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.84.5.1566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Gas exchange is improved during partial liquid ventilation with perfluorocarbon in animal models of acute lung injury. The specific mechanisms are unproved. We measured end-expiratory lung volume (EELV) by null-point body plethysmography in anesthetized sheep. Measurements of gas exchange and EELV were made before and after acute lung injury was induced with intravenous oleic acid to decrease EELV and worsen gas exchange. Measurements of gas exchange and EELV were again performed after partial liquid ventilation with 30 ml/kg of perfluorocarbon and compared with gas-ventilated controls. Oxygenation was significantly improved during partial liquid ventilation, and EELV (composite of gas and liquid) was significantly increased, compared with preliquid ventilation values and gas-ventilated controls. We conclude that partial liquid ventilation may directly recruit consolidated alveoli in the lung-injured sheep and that this may be one mechanism whereby gas exchange is improved.
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- P G Gauger
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
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Reickert CA, Hirschl RB, Atkinson JB, Dudell G, Georgeson K, Glick P, Greenspan J, Kays D, Klein M, Lally KP, Mahaffey S, Ryckman F, Sawin R, Short BL, Stolar CJ, Thompson A, Wilson JM. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia survival and use of extracorporeal life support at selected level III nurseries with multimodality support. Surgery 1998; 123:305-10. [PMID: 9526522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) has been cited to have a mortality rate of 50%. There have been multiple studies at individual institutions demonstrating potential benefits from various strategies including extracorporeal life support (ECLS), delayed repair, and lower levels of ventilator support. There has been no multicenter survey of institutions offering these modalities to describe the current use of ECLS and survival of these infants. In addition, the relationship between the number of patients with CDH managed at an individual institution and outcome has not been evaluated. METHODS We queried 16 level III neonatal intensive care centers on the use of ECLS and survival of infants with CDH who were treated during 2 consecutive years (1993 to 1995). Data are presented as mean +/- SEM, median, and range. RESULTS Data were collected on 411 patients. Of these, 71% +/- 8% were outborn and 8% +/- 3% were considered nonviable. Overall survival of CDH infants was 69% +/- 4% (range, 39% to 95%). The survival rate of infants on ECLS was 55% +/- 4%, whereas survival of infants not requiring ECLS was significantly increased at 81% +/- 5% (p = 0.005). The mean rate of ECLS use was 46% +/- 2%. There was no correlation between the number of cases per year at an individual institution and overall survival, ECLS survival, or ECLS use (r = 0.341, 0.305, and 0.287, respectively). There was also no correlation between case volume at an individual institution and ECLS survival (r = 0.271). CONCLUSIONS The current survival rate and rate of ECLS use in infants with CDH at level III neonatal intensive care units in the United States are 69% +/- 4% and 46% +/- 2%, respectively. There is no correlation between the yearly individual center experience with managing CDH and rate of ECLS use or outcome.
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- C A Reickert
- University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0245, USA
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OBJECTIVES The purpose of this article is to evaluate outcome in adult patients with severe respiratory failure managed with an approach using (1) limitation of end inspiratory pressure, (2) inverse ratio ventilation, (3) titration of PEEP by SvO2, (4) intermittent prone positioning, (5) limitation of FiO2, (6) diuresis, (7) transfusion, and (8) extracorporeal life support (ECLS) if patients failed to respond. PATIENTS AND METHODS This study was designed as a retrospective review in the intensive care unit of a tertiary referral hospital. One-hundred forty-one consecutive patients with hypoxic (n = 135) or hypercarbic (n = 6) respiratory failure referred for consideration of ECLS between 1990 and 1996. Overall, initial PaO2/FiO2 (P/F) ratio was 75+/-5 (median = 66). RESULTS Lung recovery occurred in 67% of patients and 62% survived. Forty-one patients improved without ECLS (83% survived); 100 did not and were supported with ECLS (54% survived). Survival was greater in patients cannulated within 12 hours of arrival (59%) compared with those cannulated after 12 hours (40%, P < .05). Multiple logistic regression identified age, duration of mechanical ventilation before transfer, four or more dysfunctional organs, and the requirement for ECLS as independent predictors of mortality. CONCLUSIONS An approach that emphasizes lung protection and early implementation of extracorporeal life support is associated with high rates of survival in patients with severe respiratory failure.
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- P B Rich
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0331, USA
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BACKGROUND Although percutaneous cannulation has been previously described in adult and pediatric patients older than 3 years, its use in neonates for venovenous extracorporeal life support (ECLS) has not been previously described. METHODS Twenty neonates of weight 3.4 +/- 0.6 kg (range, 2.3 to 4.9 kg.) with severe respiratory failure (meconium aspiration syndrome, persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn, sepsis) were managed with double-lumen venovenous ECLS. Percutaneous access via the right internal jugular (RIJ) vein with a 12F (n = 13) or 15F (n = 7) double-lumen ECLS cannula was obtained via a modified Seldinger technique. RIJ access was specifically obtained 2 to 3 cm above the clavicle with a 21-gauge needle and a 0.018-in guide wire followed by a technique that allowed insertion of the larger cannula guide wire. Decannulation simply involved removal of the cannula with hemostasis obtained by direct pressure. RESULTS Percutaneous cannulation was performed without difficulty in 11 infants. Conversion to an open technique for cannula placement was required in four patients early in our experience because percutaneous access to the RIJ with the 0.018-inch guide wire could not be achieved, and in one neonate because the 15F cannula could not be advanced into the RIJ and resulted in laceration of the vein. Inability to achieve RIJ access also led to use of an "exposure-assisted" percutaneous procedure in four patients later in our experience. Complications included a pneumothorax identified on chest radiograph 18 hours after cannulation in one infant and partial thrombotic occlusion of the cannula requiring a change over a guide wire in another. There were no problems associated with decannulation. CONCLUSIONS This is the first description of percutaneous cannulation in neonates for venovenous ECLS. In the authors' early experience, percutaneous access using a 12F double lumen venovenous cannula may be efficiently performed especially in patients >3.0 kg in weight and has the potential for simplifying and reducing the cost of the ECLS technique.
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- C A Reickert
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, USA
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BACKGROUND The majority of girls with imperforate anus are reported to have a malformation of the low variety. Despite this, much of the literature has focused on the more complex, high lesions. METHODS This study reviews our experience with 44 girls with low imperforate anus from a 22-year period. RESULTS The incidence of associated anomalies was 61%, which is higher than generally reported. All patients in the study had anal fistulae. Fifty-seven percent had perineal fistulae, 23% had fourchette fistulae, and 20% had vestibular fistulae. Cutback anoplasty was performed in 55%, Potts transfer anoplasty was used in 27%, and 18% of patients were treated with either limited posterior sagittal anorectoplasty or anterior sagittal anorectoplasty. Surgical complications were uncommon. Long-term follow-up was carried out by telephone survey. This showed 89% of the girls to be successfully toilet trained. However, 47% of patients experience at least occasional soilage or episodic fecal incontinence. CONCLUSIONS Low imperforate anus can be successfully treated using a variety of procedures without colostomy. Most girls with low imperforate anus are successfully toilet trained, but problems with continence persist in a significant number of these patients.
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- P J Javid
- C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0245, USA
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Preliminary animal experience with partial liquid ventilation (PLV) suggests that this therapy may diminish neutrophil invasion and capillary leak during acute lung injury. We sought to confirm these findings in a model of shock-induced lung injury. Sixty anesthetized rats were studied. After hemorrhage to an arterial pressure of 25 mmHg for 45 min, animals were resuscitated with blood and saline and treated with gas ventilation alone or with 5 ml/kg of intratracheally administered perflubron. Myeloperoxidase activity was used to measure lung neutrophil content. A permeability index (the bronchoalveolar-to-blood ratio of 125I-labeled albumin activity) quantified alveolar leak. Injury caused an increase in myeloperoxidase that was reversed by PLV (injury = 0.837 +/- 0.452, PLV = 0.257 +/- 0.165; P < 0.01). Capillary permeability also increased with hemorrhage, with a strong trend toward improvement in the PLV group (permeability indexes: injury = 0.094 +/- 0.102, PLV = 0.045 +/- 0.045; 95% confidence interval for injury--PLV: -0.024, 0.1219). We conclude that PLV is associated with a decrease in pulmonary neutrophil accumulation and a trend toward decreased capillary leak after hemorrhagic shock.
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- J G Younger
- Section of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, USA.
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The natural history of mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver is poorly understood. This case demonstrates the course of a biopsy-proven mesenchymal hamartoma using sequential computed tomography (CT) examinations. These CT scans show initial expansion of the lesion with subsequent involution. The spontaneous resolution in this patient suggests the possibility of conservative management of asymptomatic mesenchymal hamartomas. The case is presented, and the literature on mesenchymal hamartoma is reviewed.
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- D C Barnhart
- C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0245, USA
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Kolla S, Awad SS, Rich PB, Schreiner RJ, Hirschl RB, Bartlett RH. Extracorporeal life support for 100 adult patients with severe respiratory failure. Ann Surg 1997; 226:544-64; discussion 565-6. [PMID: 9351722 PMCID: PMC1191077 DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199710000-00015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The authors retrospectively reviewed their experience with extracorporeal life support (ECLS) in 100 adult patients with severe respiratory failure (ARF) to define techniques, characterize its efficacy and utilization, and determine predictors of outcome. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Extracorporeal life support maintains gas exchange during ARF, providing diseased lungs an optimal environment in which to heal. Extracorporeal life support has been successful in the treatment of respiratory failure in infants and children. In 1990, the authors instituted a standardized protocol for treatment of severe ARF in adults, which included ECLS when less invasive methods failed. METHODS From January 1990 to July 1996, the authors used ECLS for 100 adults with severe acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (n = 94): paO2/FiO2 ratio of 55.7+/-15.9, transpulmonary shunt (Qs/Qt) of 52+/-22%, or acute hypercarbic respiratory failure (n = 6): paCO2 84.0+/-31.5 mmHg, despite and after maximal conventional ventilation. The technique included venovenous percutaneous access, lung "rest," transport on ECLS, minimal anticoagulation, hemofiltration, and optimal systemic oxygen delivery. RESULTS Overall hospital survival was 54%. The duration of ECLS was 271.9+/-248.6 hours. Primary diagnoses included pneumonia (49 cases, 53% survived), adult respiratory distress syndrome (45 cases, 51 % survived), and airway support (6 cases, 83% survived). Multivariate logistic regression modeling identified the following pre-ECLS variables significant independent predictors of outcome: 1) pre-ECLS days of mechanical ventilation (p = 0.0003), 2) pre-ECLS paO2/FiO2 ratio (p = 0.002), and 3) age (years) (p = 0.005). Modeling of variables during ECLS showed that no mechanical complications were independent predictors of outcome, and the only patient-related complications associated with outcome were the presence of renal failure (p < 0.0001) and significant surgical site bleeding (p = 0.0005). CONCLUSIONS Extracorporeal life support provides life support for ARF in adults, allowing time for injured lungs to recover. In 100 patients selected for high mortality risk despite and after optimal conventional treatment, 54% survived. Extracorporeal life support is extraordinary but reasonable treatment in severe adult respiratory failure. Predictors of survival exist that may be useful for patient prognostication and design of future prospective studies.
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- S Kolla
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0331, USA
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