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Lung stress and strain during mechanical ventilation
Luciano Gattinoni
- 05 Jul 2013
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TL;DR: In healthy pigs, ventilator-induced lung damage develops only when a strain greater than 1.5-2 is reached or overcome, and lung weight gain was associated with deterioration in respiratory system mechanics, gas exchange and hemodynamics, pulmonary and systemic inflammation and multiple organ dysfunction.
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Abstract: RATIONALE
Unphysiologic strain (the ratio between tidal volume and functional residual capacity) and stress (the transpulmonary pressure) can cause ventilator-induced lung damage.
OBJECTIVES
To identify a strain-stress threshold (if any) above which ventilator-induced lung damage can occur.
METHODS
Twenty-nine healthy pigs were mechanically ventilated for 54 hours with a tidal volume producing a strain between 0.45 and 3.30. Ventilator-induced lung damage was defined as net increase in lung weight.
MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS
Initial lung weight and functional residual capacity were measured with computed tomography. Final lung weight was measured using a balance. After setting tidal volume, data collection included respiratory system mechanics, gas exchange and hemodynamics (every 6 h); cytokine levels in serum (every 12 h) and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (end of the experiment); and blood laboratory examination (start and end of the experiment). Two clusters of animals could be clearly identified: animals that increased their lung weight (n = 14) and those that did not (n = 15). Tidal volume was 38 ± 9 ml/kg in the former and 22 ± 8 ml/kg in the latter group, corresponding to a strain of 2.16 ± 0.58 and 1.29 ± 0.57 and a stress of 13 ± 5 and 8 ± 3 cm H(2)O, respectively. Lung weight gain was associated with deterioration in respiratory system mechanics, gas exchange, and hemodynamics, pulmonary and systemic inflammation and multiple organ dysfunction.
CONCLUSIONS
In healthy pigs, ventilator-induced lung damage develops only when a strain greater than 1.5-2 is reached or overcome. Because of differences in intrinsic lung properties, caution is warranted in translating these findings to humans.
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