title: Surfactant and physiologic responses of preterm lambs to continuous positive airway pressure.
abstract: Although continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is used frequently for preterm infants, the relationships between the amount of surfactant and lung physiologic and injury responses to CPAP are unknown. Therefore, saturated phosphatidylcholine (Sat PC) was measured to quantify the surfactant necessary for preterm lambs to breathe successfully on a CPAP of 5 cm H(2)O (CPAP 5). Five of 21 lambs delivered at 130-136 days gestation failed to keep PCO(2) below 100 mm Hg by 2 hours. The lambs that failed had less than 1.9 micromol/kg Sat PC in bronchoalveolar fluid (approximately 3% the pool size at term), less surfactant secretion, and less large aggregate surfactant. Physiologic responses of other 132-day preterm lambs after 2 or 6 hours of CPAP 5, 8 cm H(2)O CPAP (CPAP 8), or mechanical ventilation were then characterized. At 6 hours, oxygenation and lung gas volumes were higher with CPAP 8 relative to the other groups and VE was decreased with CPAP 8 relative to CPAP 5. Lung dry/wet ratios were greater for the CPAP groups than for the mechanical ventilation group. A small amount of endogenous Sat PC is required for preterm lambs to breathe successfully with CPAP. CPAP 8 improves early newborn respiratory transition relative to CPAP 5.
authors.affiliation: Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Division of Pulmonary Biology, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Ohio 45229-3039, USA.
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mulrooney
authors.forename: Zahra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Champion
authors.forename: Timothy J M
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Moss
authors.forename: Ilias
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nitsos
authors.forename: Machiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ikegami
authors.forename: Alan H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Jobe
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D045422:Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants / Q000378:metabolism*; D012016:Reference Values; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012756:Sheep; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants