title: Comparisons of different mean airway pressure settings during high-frequency oscillation in inflammatory response to oleic acid-induced lung injury in rabbits.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study was designed to examine effects of different mean airway pressure (MAP) settings during high-frequency oscillation (HFO) on oxygenation and inflammatory responses to acute lung injury (ALI) in rabbits.
  
  
  METHODS
  Anesthetized rabbits were mechanically ventilated with a conventional mechanical ventilation (CMV) mode (tidal volume 6 ml/kg, inspired oxygen fraction [F(Io2)] of 1.0, respiratory rate [RR] of 30/min, positive end-expiratory pressure [PEEP] of 5 cmH(2)O). ALI was induced by intravenous administration of oleic acid (0.08 ml/kg) and the animals were randomly allocated to the following three experimental groups; animals (n = 6) ventilated using the same mode of CMV, or animals ventilated with standard MAP (MAP 10 cmH(2)O, n = 7), and high MAP (15 cmH(2)O, n = 6) settings of HFO (Hz 15). The MAP settings were calculated by the inflation limb of the pressure-volume curve during CMV.
  
  
  RESULTS
  HFO with a high MAP setting significantly improved the deteriorated oxygenation during oleic acid-induced ALI and reduced wet/dry ratios, neutrophil counts and interleukin-8 concentration in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, compared to those parameters in CMV and standard MAP-HFO.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings suggest that only high MAP setting during HFO could contribute to decreased lung inflammation as well as improved oxygenation during the development of ALI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: Tomonobu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koizumi
authors.forename: Rikimaru
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Sumiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: Tetsutarou
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Otagiri
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