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Diaphragmatic shortening after thoracic surgery in humans. Effects of mechanical ventilation and thoracic epidural anesthesia. 1993

M D Fratacci, and W R Kimball, and J C Wain, and R M Kacmarek, and D M Polaner, and W M Zapol
Department of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.

BACKGROUND Diaphragmatic function is believed to be inhibited after thoracic surgery and may be improved by thoracic epidural anesthesia. METHODS Diaphragmatic function after a thoracotomy was monitored by implanting one pair of sonomicrometry crystals and two electromyogram (EMG) electrodes on the costal diaphragm of six patients undergoing an elective pulmonary resection. Crystals and EMG electrodes remained in place for 12-24 h. RESULTS During mechanical ventilation, costal diaphragmatic length (as a percent of rest length; %LFRC) decreased passively as tidal volume (VT) increased (%LFRC = 2.81 + 1.12 x 10(-2) VT (ml), r = 0.99). During spontaneous ventilation, the costal shortening (2.1 +/- 2.3 %LFRC) was less than during mechanical ventilation (7.9 +/- 3.0 %LFRC, P < 0.05) at the same VT. Comparing spontaneous ventilation before and 30 min after thoracic epidural anesthesia, there were increases of VT (390 +/- 78 to 555 +/- 75 ml), vital capacity (1.37 +/- 0.16 to 1.68 +/- 0.21 l), and esophageal (-8.5 +/- 1.5 to -10.6 +/- 1.7 cmH2O), gastric (-0.7 +/- 0.8 to +0.8 +/- 0.8 cmH2O), and transdiaphragmatic (7.7 +/- 1.5 to 11.5 +/- 1.9 cmH2O) pressures, but diaphragmatic EMG and shortening fraction remained constant. In three of six patients, epidural anesthesia produced paradoxical segment lengthening upon inspiration. CONCLUSIONS Thoracotomy and pulmonary resection produce a marked reduction of active diaphragmatic shortening, which is not reversed by thoracic epidural anesthesia despite improvement of other indices of respiratory function.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008012 Lidocaine A local anesthetic and cardiac depressant used as an antiarrhythmia agent. Its actions are more intense and its effects more prolonged than those of PROCAINE but its duration of action is shorter than that of BUPIVACAINE or PRILOCAINE. Lignocaine,2-(Diethylamino)-N-(2,6-Dimethylphenyl)Acetamide,2-2EtN-2MePhAcN,Dalcaine,Lidocaine Carbonate,Lidocaine Carbonate (2:1),Lidocaine Hydrocarbonate,Lidocaine Hydrochloride,Lidocaine Monoacetate,Lidocaine Monohydrochloride,Lidocaine Monohydrochloride, Monohydrate,Lidocaine Sulfate (1:1),Octocaine,Xylesthesin,Xylocaine,Xylocitin,Xyloneural
D008175 Lung Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the LUNG. Cancer of Lung,Lung Cancer,Pulmonary Cancer,Pulmonary Neoplasms,Cancer of the Lung,Neoplasms, Lung,Neoplasms, Pulmonary,Cancer, Lung,Cancer, Pulmonary,Cancers, Lung,Cancers, Pulmonary,Lung Cancers,Lung Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Lung,Neoplasm, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Cancers,Pulmonary Neoplasm
D008176 Lung Volume Measurements Measurement of the amount of air that the lungs may contain at various points in the respiratory cycle. Lung Capacities,Lung Volumes,Capacity, Lung,Lung Capacity,Lung Volume,Lung Volume Measurement,Measurement, Lung Volume,Volume, Lung
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009119 Muscle Contraction A process leading to shortening and/or development of tension in muscle tissue. Muscle contraction occurs by a sliding filament mechanism whereby actin filaments slide inward among the myosin filaments. Inotropism,Muscular Contraction,Contraction, Muscle,Contraction, Muscular,Contractions, Muscle,Contractions, Muscular,Inotropisms,Muscle Contractions,Muscular Contractions
D011183 Postoperative Complications Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D011187 Posture The position or physical attitude of the body. Postures
D012119 Respiration The act of breathing with the LUNGS, consisting of INHALATION, or the taking into the lungs of the ambient air, and of EXHALATION, or the expelling of the modified air which contains more CARBON DIOXIDE than the air taken in (Blakiston's Gould Medical Dictionary, 4th ed.). This does not include tissue respiration ( Breathing
D012121 Respiration, Artificial Any method of artificial breathing that employs mechanical or non-mechanical means to force the air into and out of the lungs. Artificial respiration or ventilation is used in individuals who have stopped breathing or have RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY to increase their intake of oxygen (O2) and excretion of carbon dioxide (CO2). Ventilation, Mechanical,Mechanical Ventilation,Artificial Respiration,Artificial Respirations,Mechanical Ventilations,Respirations, Artificial,Ventilations, Mechanical

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