Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Low-volume ventilation of preinjured lungs degrades lung function via stress concentration and progressive alveolar collapse. |
| Authors: |
Zimmermann, Richard1, Roeder, Franziska1, Ruppert, Clemens2,3, Smith, Bradford J.4,5, Knudsen, Lars1,6 knudsen.lars@mh-hannover.de |
| Source: |
American Journal of Physiology: Lung Cellular & Molecular Physiology. Jul2024, Vol. 327 Issue 1, pL19-L39. 21p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*LUNGS, *STRESS concentration, *PROGRESSIVE collapse, *VENTILATION, *GERMINAL centers, *LUNG injuries |
| Abstract: |
Mechanical ventilation can cause ventilation-induced lung injury (VILI). The concept of stress concentrations suggests that surfactant dysfunction-induced microatelectases might impose injurious stresses on adjacent, open alveoli and function as germinal centers for injury propagation. The aim of the present study was to quantify the histopathological pattern of VILI progression and to test the hypothesis that injury progresses at the interface between microatelectases and ventilated lung parenchyma during low-positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) ventilation. Bleomycin was used to induce lung injury with microatelectases in rats. Lungs were then mechanically ventilated for up to 6 h at PEEP = 1 cmH2O and compared with bleomycin-treated group ventilated protectively with PEEP = 5 cmH2O to minimize microatelectases. Lung mechanics were measured during ventilation. Afterward, lungs were fixed at end-inspiration or end-expiration for design-based stereology. Before VILI, bleomycin challenge reduced the number of open alveoli [N(alvair,par)] by 29%. No differences between end-inspiration and end-expiration were observed. Collapsed alveoli clustered in areas with a radius of up to 56 lm. After PEEP = 5 cmH2O ventilation for 6 h, N(alvair, par) remained stable while PEEP = 1 cmH2O ventilation led to an additional loss of aerated alveoli by 26%, mainly due to collapse, with a small fraction partly edema filled. Alveolar loss strongly correlated to worsening of tissue elastance, quasistatic compliance, and inspiratory capacity. The radius of areas of collapsed alveoli increased to 94 lm, suggesting growth of the microatelectases. These data provide evidence that alveoli become unstable in neighborhood of microatelectases, which most likely occurs due to stress concentration-induced local vascular leak and surfactant dysfunction. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Low-volume mechanical ventilation in the presence of high surface tension-induced microatelectases leads to the degradation of lung mechanical function via the progressive loss of alveoli. Microatelectases grow at the interfaces of collapsed and open alveoli. Here, stress concentrations might cause injury and alveolar instability. Accumulation of small amounts of alveolar edema can be found in a fraction of partly collapsed alveoli but, in this model, alveolar flooding is not a major driver for degradation of lung mechanics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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