title: Influence of fluid and volume state on PaO2 oscillations in mechanically ventilated pigs.
abstract: Varying pulmonary shunt fractions during the respiratory cycle cause oxygen oscillations during mechanical ventilation. In artificially damaged lungs, cyclical recruitment of atelectasis is responsible for varying shunt according to published evidence. We introduce a complimentary hypothesis that cyclically varying shunt in healthy lungs is caused by cyclical redistribution of pulmonary perfusion. Administration of crystalloid or colloid infusions would decrease oxygen oscillations if our hypothesis was right. Therefore, n=14 mechanically ventilated healthy pigs were investigated in 2 groups: crystalloid (fluid) versus no-fluid administration. Additional volume interventions (colloid infusion, blood withdrawal) were carried out in each pig. Intra-aortal PaO2 oscillations were recorded using fluorescence quenching technique. Phase shift of oxygen oscillations during altered inspiratory to expiratory (I:E) ventilation ratio and electrical impedance tomography (EIT) served as control methods to exclude that recruitment of atelectasis is responsible for oxygen oscillations. In hypovolemia relevant oxygen oscillations could be recorded. Fluid and volume state changed PaO2 oscillations according to our hypothesis. Fluid administration led to a mean decline of 105.3 mmHg of the PaO2 oscillations amplitude (P<0.001). The difference of the amplitudes between colloid administration and blood withdrawal was 62.4 mmHg in pigs not having received fluids (P=0.0059). Fluid and volume state also changed the oscillation phase during altered I:E ratio. EIT excluded changes of regional ventilation (i.e., recruitment of atelectasis) to be responsible for these oscillations. In healthy pigs, cyclical redistribution of pulmonary perfusion can explain the size of respiratory-dependent PaO2 oscillations.
authors: Department of Anaesthesiology, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany. marc-bodenstein@gmx.de
authors: Marc
authors: M
authors: Bodenstein
authors: Stephan
authors: S
authors: Bierschock
authors: Stefan
authors: S
authors: Boehme
authors: Hemei
authors: H
authors: Wang
authors: Andreas
authors: A
authors: Vogt
authors: Robert
authors: R
authors: Kwiecien
authors: Matthias
authors: M
authors: David
authors: Klaus
authors: K
authors: Markstaller
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D003102:Colloids / Q000494:pharmacology; D000077324:Crystalloid Solutions; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D045853:Exhalation / Q000502:physiology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D001239:Inhalation / Q000502:physiology; D007552:Isotonic Solutions / Q000494:pharmacology; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D010313:Partial Pressure; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange / Q000502:physiology*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids; D000077324:Crystalloid Solutions; D007552:Isotonic Solutions; D010100:Oxygen