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The open lung during small tidal volume ventilation: concepts of recruitment and "optimal" positive end-expiratory pressure. 1999

P C Rimensberger, and P N Cox, and H Frndova, and A C Bryan
Department of Critical Care, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. peter.rimensberger@hcuge.ch

OBJECTIVE To test the hypotheses that during small tidal volume ventilation (5 mL/kg) deliberate volume recruitment maneuvers allow expansion of atelectatic lung units and that a high positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) above the lower inflection point of the pressure/volume (PV) curve is not necessarily required to maintain recruited lung volume in acute lung injury. METHODS Prospective, randomized, controlled animal study. METHODS An animal laboratory in a university setting. METHODS Adult New-Zealand rabbits. METHODS We studied a) the relationship of dynamic loops during intermittent positive pressure ventilation to the quasi-static PV curve, and b) the effect of lung recruitment on oxygenation, end-expiratory lung volume (EELV), and dynamic compliance in two groups (n = 4 per group) of lung-injured animals (lung lavage model): 1) the sustained inflation group, which received ventilation after a recruitment maneuver (sustained inflation); and 2) the control group, which received ventilation without any lung recruitment. RESULTS In the presence of PV hysteresis, a single sustained inflation to 30 cm H2O boosted the ventilatory cycle onto the deflation limb of the PV curve. This resulted in a significant increase in EELV, oxygenation, and dynamic compliance despite equal PEEP levels used before and after the recruitment maneuver. Furthermore, after a single sustained inflation, oxygenation remained high over 4 hrs of ventilation when a PEEP above the critical closing pressure of the lungs, defined as "optimal" PEEP, was used and was significantly higher compared with that in the control group ventilated at equal PEEP without preceding lung recruitment. CONCLUSIONS The observation that ventilation occurs on the deflation limb of the tidal cycle-specific PV curve allows placement of the ventilatory cycle, by means of a recruitment maneuver, onto the deflation limb of the PV envelope of the optimally recruited lung. This strategy ensures sufficient lung volume recruitment to maintain the lungs during the tidal cycle while using relatively low airway pressures.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007327 Insufflation The act of blowing a powder, vapor, or gas into any body cavity for experimental, diagnostic, or therapeutic purposes. Insufflations
D007385 Intermittent Positive-Pressure Ventilation Application of positive pressure to the inspiratory phase when the patient has an artificial airway in place and is connected to a ventilator. BIPAP Biphasic Intermittent Positive Airway Pressure,IPPV,Inspiratory Positive-Pressure Ventilation,Ventilation, Intermittent Positive-Pressure,Biphasic Intermittent Positive Airway Pressure,Inspiratory Positive Pressure Ventilation,Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation,Positive-Pressure Ventilation, Inspiratory,Positive-Pressure Ventilation, Intermittent,Ventilation, Inspiratory Positive-Pressure,Ventilation, Intermittent Positive Pressure
D008170 Lung Compliance The capability of the LUNGS to distend under pressure as measured by pulmonary volume change per unit pressure change. While not a complete description of the pressure-volume properties of the lung, it is nevertheless useful in practice as a measure of the comparative stiffness of the lung. (From Best & Taylor's Physiological Basis of Medical Practice, 12th ed, p562) Compliance, Lung,Compliances, Lung,Lung Compliances
D011175 Positive-Pressure Respiration A method of mechanical ventilation in which pressure is maintained to increase the volume of gas remaining in the lungs at the end of expiration, thus reducing the shunting of blood through the lungs and improving gas exchange. Positive End-Expiratory Pressure,Positive-Pressure Ventilation,End-Expiratory Pressure, Positive,End-Expiratory Pressures, Positive,Positive End Expiratory Pressure,Positive End-Expiratory Pressures,Positive Pressure Respiration,Positive Pressure Ventilation,Positive-Pressure Respirations,Positive-Pressure Ventilations,Pressure, Positive End-Expiratory,Pressures, Positive End-Expiratory,Respiration, Positive-Pressure,Respirations, Positive-Pressure,Ventilation, Positive-Pressure,Ventilations, Positive-Pressure
D011446 Prospective Studies Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group. Prospective Study,Studies, Prospective,Study, Prospective
D011817 Rabbits A burrowing plant-eating mammal with hind limbs that are longer than its fore limbs. It belongs to the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, and in contrast to hares, possesses 22 instead of 24 pairs of chromosomes. Belgian Hare,New Zealand Rabbit,New Zealand Rabbits,New Zealand White Rabbit,Rabbit,Rabbit, Domestic,Chinchilla Rabbits,NZW Rabbits,New Zealand White Rabbits,Oryctolagus cuniculus,Chinchilla Rabbit,Domestic Rabbit,Domestic Rabbits,Hare, Belgian,NZW Rabbit,Rabbit, Chinchilla,Rabbit, NZW,Rabbit, New Zealand,Rabbits, Chinchilla,Rabbits, Domestic,Rabbits, NZW,Rabbits, New Zealand,Zealand Rabbit, New,Zealand Rabbits, New,cuniculus, Oryctolagus
D011897 Random Allocation A process involving chance used in therapeutic trials or other research endeavor for allocating experimental subjects, human or animal, between treatment and control groups, or among treatment groups. It may also apply to experiments on inanimate objects. Randomization,Allocation, Random
D012128 Respiratory Distress Syndrome A syndrome characterized by progressive life-threatening RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY in the absence of known LUNG DISEASES, usually following a systemic insult such as surgery or major TRAUMA. ARDS, Human,Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome,Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome,Pediatric Respiratory Distress Syndrome,Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Acute,Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult,Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Pediatric,Shock Lung,Distress Syndrome, Respiratory,Distress Syndromes, Respiratory,Human ARDS,Lung, Shock,Respiratory Distress Syndromes,Syndrome, Respiratory Distress
D000704 Analysis of Variance A statistical technique that isolates and assesses the contributions of categorical independent variables to variation in the mean of a continuous dependent variable. ANOVA,Analysis, Variance,Variance Analysis,Analyses, Variance,Variance Analyses
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia

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