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OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy of tracheal insufflation delivered by two different catheter designs on CO2 elimination when used in conjunction with high-frequency oscillatory ventilation. METHODS A nonrandomized before and after trial. Each animal served as his own control. METHODS Ten mongrel dogs weighing 20.9 +/- 1.9 kg. Four animals were assigned to a normal lung group and six animals underwent lung injury by large volume saline lavage. METHODS Permissive hypercapnia was allowed to occur by selecting oscillator settings that would lead to alveolar hypoventilation. Proximal mean airway pressure was kept constant. Tracheal gas was insufflated at 1 cm above the carina for 30 min periods at gas flows of 5 to 15 L/min. RESULTS Carinal pressure, hemodynamic parameters (cardiac output, mean arterial pressure, pulmonary artery occlusion pressure), and gas exchange parameters (PaCO2, PaO2, PaO2/FIO2, shunt fraction, D O2) were measured. For the normal dogs, at catheter flow of 15 L/min; the forward thrust catheter increased carinal pressure and Pao2/FIO2 BY 30% (p<.003) and 105% (p<.005), respectively. The forward thrust catheter reduced Paco2 by 40% (p<.04). The reverse thrust catheter increased PaO2/FIO2 by 102% (p<.001) and decreased pressure and PaCO2 by 44% (p<.001) and 34% (p<.003), respectively. For the injured dogs, at catheter flow rate of 15 L/min, the forward thrust catheter increased carinal pressure, PaO2, and PaO2/FIO2 by 6% (p<.001), 23% (p<.001), and 24% (p<.02), respectively. The forward thrust catheter reduced PaCO2 by 29% (p<.002). The reverse thrust catheter increased PaO2 and PaO2/FIO2 both by 11% (p<.02) and reduced carinal pressure and PaCO2 by 23% (p<.001) and 18% (p<.002), respectively. CONCLUSIONS Tracheal gas insufflation is capable of improving oxygenation and ventilation in acute lung injury when combined with high-frequency oscillatory ventilation. The addition of this second gas flow at the level of the carina raises or lowers distal airway pressure, the magnitude of which is dependent on the direction and rate of gas flow. The beneficial effects of tracheal gas insufflation may be tempered by the long-term effects of altering distal airway pressure; lowering distal airway pressure may lead to atelectasis, whereas raising distal airway pressure may lead to an auto-positive end-expiratory pressure (auto-PEEP) effect.
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