High frequency chest wall compression and carbon dioxide elimination in obstructed dogs.
High frequency chest wall compression (HFCWC) was studied as a method of assisting ventilation in six spontaneously breathing anesthetized dogs. Under a constant level of anesthesia, the dogs became hypercapneic after airflow obstruction was created by metal beads inserted in the airways. HFCWC was achieved by a piston pump rapidly oscillating the pressure in a modified double blood pressure cuff wrapped around the lower thorax. Thirty minute periods of spontaneous ventilation were alternated with thirty minute periods of spontaneous breathing plus HFCWC at 3, 5 or 8 Hz. The superimposition of HFCWC to spontaneous ventilation resulted in little change in the PaO2. The PaCO2, however, was reduced in every case from a mean of 6.55 +/- 0.59 to 4.72 +/- 0.32 kPa at 3 Hz (p less than 0.05), 6.92 +/- 0.57 to 3.9 +/- 0.45 kPa at 5 Hz (p less than 0.01) and 7.10 +/- 0.65 to 4.56 +/- 0.59 kPa at 8 Hz (p less than 0.05). This occurred despite a decrease in spontaneous minute ventilation. We conclude that HFCWC can assist in elimination of CO2 in obstructed spontaneous breathing dogs with hypercapnea.
D000818:Animals; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D004285:Dogs; D005105:Expiratory Reserve Volume; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006935:Hypercapnia / Q000628:therapy; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D012119:Respiration; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods*
D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen