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Effects of surfactant depletion on regional pulmonary metabolic activity during mechanical ventilation.
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PMID:  21799132     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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Inflammation during mechanical ventilation is thought to depend on regional mechanical stress. This can be produced by concentration of stresses and cyclic recruitment in low-aeration dependent lung. Positron emission tomography (PET) with (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) allows for non-invasive assessment of regional metabolic activity, an index of neutrophilic inflammation. We tested the hypothesis that, during mechanical ventilation, surfactant-depleted low-aeration lung regions present increased regional (18)F-FDG uptake suggestive of in vivo increased regional metabolic activity and inflammation. Sheep underwent unilateral saline lung lavage, and were ventilated supine for 4 hours (positive end-expiratory pressure=10 cmH(2)O, tidal volume adjusted to plateau pressure=30 cmH2O). We used PET scans of: injected (13)N-nitrogen to compute regional perfusion and ventilation; and injected (18)F-FDG to calculate (18)F-FDG uptake rate. Regional aeration was quantified with transmission scans. Whole-lung (18)F-FDG uptake was approximately twice higher in lavaged than in non-lavaged lungs (2.9±0.6 vs. 1.5±0.3 10(-3)/min; P<0.05). The increased (18)F-FDG uptake was topographically heterogeneous, highest in dependent low-aeration regions (gas fraction 10-50%, P<0.001), even after correction for lung density and wet-to-dry lung ratios. (18)F-FDG uptake in low-aeration regions of lavaged lungs was higher than that in low-aeration regions of non-lavaged lungs (P<0.05). This occurred despite lower perfusion and ventilation to dependent regions in lavaged than non-lavaged lungs (P<0.001). In contrast, (18)F-FDG uptake in normally-aerated regions was low and similar between lungs. Surfactant depletion produces increased and heterogeneously distributed pulmonary (18)F-FDG uptake after 4 hours of supine mechanical ventilation. Metabolic activity is highest in poorly-aerated dependent regions suggesting local increased inflammation.
Authors:
Nicolas de Prost; Eduardo L Costa; Tyler Wellman; Guido Musch; Tilo Winkler; Mauro R Tucci; Robert Scott Harris; Jose G Venegas; Marcos F Vidal Melo
Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-7-28
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1522-1601     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Jul 
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Created Date:  2011-7-29     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8502536     Medline TA:  J Appl Physiol     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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1Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
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