title: Effects of acid aspiration-induced acute lung injury on kidney function.
abstract: Acute lung injury (ALI) in combination with acute kidney injury carries a mortality approaching 80% in the intensive care unit. Recently, attention has focused on the interaction of the lung and kidney in the setting of ALI and mechanical ventilation (MV). Small animal models of ALI and MV have demonstrated changes in inflammatory mediators, water channels, apoptosis, and function in the kidney early in the course of injury. The purpose of this investigation was to test the hypothesis that ALI and injurious MV cause early, measurable changes in kidney structure and function in a canine HCl aspiration model of ALI when hemodynamics and arterial blood gas tensions are carefully controlled. Intratracheal HCl induced profound ALI as demonstrated by increased shunt fraction and airway pressures compared with sham injury. Sham-injured animals had similar mean arterial pressure and arterial Pco(2) and HCO(3) levels compared with injured animals. Measurements of renal function including renal blood flow, urine flow, serum creatinine, glomerular filtration rate, urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio, and kidney histology scores were not different between groups. With maintenance of hemodynamic parameters and alveolar ventilation, ALI and injurious MV do not alter kidney structure and function early in the course of injury in this acid aspiration canine model. Kidney injury in large animal models may be more similar to humans and may differ from results seen in small animal models.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Medicine and Anesthesiology, The Johns Hopkins Univ., 600 North Wolfe St., Tower 711, Baltimore, MD 21287-8711, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Hoag
authors.forename: Manchang
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: R Blaine
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Easley
authors.forename: Martin F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Britos-Bray
authors.forename: Priya
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kesari
authors.forename: Heitham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hassoun
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: Rubin M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Tuder
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rabb
authors.forename: Brett A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Simon
mesh_terms: D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000187:drug effects; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D004231:Diuresis / Q000187:drug effects; D004285:Dogs; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006851:Hydrochloric Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000633:toxicity*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D055370:Lung Injury; D023421:Models, Animal; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D003404:Creatinine; D006851:Hydrochloric Acid