Inhaled endothelin A antagonist improves arterial oxygenation in experimental acute lung injury

To study the effects of an inhaled endothelin A (ET(A)) receptor antagonist on hemodynamics and pulmonary gas exchange in experimental acute lung injury (ALI). Prospective, randomized, and controlled study in a university laboratory. Sixteen pigs were ventilated in a volume controlled mode during ge...

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Veröffentlicht in:Intensive care medicine 2000-09, Vol.26 (9), p.1334-1342
Hauptverfasser: KAISERS, Udo, BUSCH, Thilo, WOLF, Steffen, LOHBRUNNER, Hansjörg, WILKENS, Katharina, HOCHER, Berthold, BOEMKE, Willehad
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Zusammenfassung:To study the effects of an inhaled endothelin A (ET(A)) receptor antagonist on hemodynamics and pulmonary gas exchange in experimental acute lung injury (ALI). Prospective, randomized, and controlled study in a university laboratory. Sixteen pigs were ventilated in a volume controlled mode during general anesthesia. ALI was induced by surfactant depletion using repetitive lung lavages until the PaO2/FIO2 ratio was below 100 mmHg. The animals were then randomly assigned to receive either a nebulized ET(A) receptor antagonist (LU-135252, 3 mg/kg, inhaled over 1 h; LU group) or nebulization of saline (5-10 ml inhaled over 1 h) with no further intervention (controls). Parameters of hemodynamics and gas exchange were measured for 6 h after induction of ALI. In the LU group intrapulmonary right-left shunting (QS/QT) decreased from 58 +/- 8% at the onset of ALI to 27 +/- 12% 3 h and 24 +/- 9% 6 h after ALI (p < 0.05); PaO2 increased from 55 +/- 12 to 257 +/- 148 mmHg 3 h and 270 +/- 136 mmHg 6 h after ALI. (p < 0.05), whereas in controls QS/QT and PaO2 did not improve over the 6 h after onset of ALI. In the LU group mean pulmonary artery pressure was stable for 6 h after ALI (26-29 mmHg), while in controls it increased from 28 +/- 2 to 41 +/- 2 mmHg (p < 0.05). Inhaled LU-135252 reduced cardiac output by 31 +/- 11% (p < 0.05) and increased systemic vascular resistance by 60 +/- 29 % (p < 0.05), while these parameters remained stable in controls. In this porcine model of ALI the inhalation of an ET(A) receptor antagonist improved arterial oxygenation and maintained a stable pulmonary artery pressure without inducing systemic vasodilatation.
ISSN:0342-4642
1432-1238
DOI:10.1007/s001340000608