title: Recruitment maneuver: RAMP versus CPAP pressure profile in a model of acute lung injury.
abstract: We examined whether recruitment maneuvers (RMs) with gradual increase in airway pressure (RAMP) provide better outcome than continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in paraquat-induced acute lung injury (ALI). Wistar rats received saline intraperitoneally (0.5 mL, CTRL) or paraquat (15 mg/kg, ALI). Twenty-four hours later lung mechanics [static elastance, viscoelastic component of elastance, resistive, viscoelastic and total pressures] were determined before and after recruitment with 40cmH2O CPAP for 40s or 40-s-long slow increase in pressure up to 40cmH2O (RAMP) followed by 0 or 5 cmH2O PEEP. Fractional area of alveolar collapse and PCIII mRNA were determined. All mechanical parameters and the fraction area of alveolar collapse were higher in ALI compared to CTRL. Only RAMP-PEEP maneuver significantly improved lung mechanics and decreased PCIII mRNA expression (53%) compared with ALI, while both RMs followed by PEEP decreased alveolar collapse. In conclusion, in the present experimental ALI model, RAMP followed by 5cm H2O PEEP yields a better outcome.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Respiration Physiology, Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Riva
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Contador
authors.forename: C S N
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Baez-Garcia
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Xisto
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Cagido
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Martini
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: P R M
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Rocco
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Faffe
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Zin
mesh_terms: D055371:Acute Lung Injury / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D024061:Collagen Type III / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements; D010269:Paraquat; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000379:methods*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011999:Recruitment, Neurophysiological / Q000502:physiology*; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D024061:Collagen Type III; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D010269:Paraquat