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Xu Y, Guo X, Chen M, Ricci F, Salomone F, Murgia X, Sun B. Efficacy of synthetic surfactant (CHF5633) bolus and/or lavage in meconium-induced lung injury in ventilated newborn rabbits. Pediatr Res 2023; 93:541-550. [PMID: 35701606 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-022-02152-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND The pathogenesis of neonatal meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) involves meconium-induced lung inflammation and surfactant inactivation. Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) with diluted surfactant facilitates the removal of meconium. CHF5633, one of the most promising synthetic surfactants, is effective in neonatal respiratory distress syndrome. Here we investigated its efficacy via BAL in an experimental MAS model. METHODS Experimental MAS was induced at birth in near-term newborn rabbits by intratracheal instillation of reconstituted human meconium. First, undiluted CHF5633 was compared with a porcine-derived surfactant (Poractant alfa) via intratracheal bolus (200 mg/kg). Second, the efficacy of BAL with diluted CHF5633 (5 mg/mL, 20 ml/kg) alone, or followed by undiluted boluses (100 or 300 mg/kg), was investigated. RESULTS Meconium instillation caused severe lung injury, reduced endogenous surfactant pool, and poor survival. CHF5633 had similar benefits in improving survival and alleviating lung injury as Poractant alfa. CHF5633 BAL plus higher boluses exerted better effects than BAL or bolus alone in lung injury alleviation by reversing phospholipid pools and mitigating proinflammatory cytokine mRNA expression, without fluid retention and function deterioration. CONCLUSIONS CHF5633 improved survival and alleviated meconium-induced lung injury, the same as Poractant alfa. CHF5633 BAL plus boluses was the optimal modality, which warrants further clinical investigation. IMPACT To explore the efficacy of a synthetic surfactant, CHF5633, in neonatal lung protection comparing with Poractant alfa in a near-term newborn rabbit model with meconium-induced lung injury. Similar effects on improving survival and alleviating lung injury were found between CHF5633 and Poractant alfa. Optimal therapeutic effects were identified from the diluted CHF5633 bronchoalveolar lavage followed by its undiluted bolus instillation compared to the lavage or bolus alone regimens. Animals with CHF5633 lavage plus bolus regimen exerted neither substantial lung fluid retention nor lung mechanics deterioration but a trend of higher pulmonary surfactant-associated phospholipid pools.
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- Yaling Xu
- The Laboratory of Neonatal Diseases of National Commission of Health; National Children's Medical Center, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- The Laboratory of Neonatal Diseases of National Commission of Health; National Children's Medical Center, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- The Laboratory of Neonatal Diseases of National Commission of Health; National Children's Medical Center, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Neonatology and Pulmonary Rare Disease Unit, Pharmacology & Toxicology Department, Corporate Preclinical R&D, CHIESI, Parma, Italy
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- Neonatology and Pulmonary Rare Disease Unit, Pharmacology & Toxicology Department, Corporate Preclinical R&D, CHIESI, Parma, Italy
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- The Laboratory of Neonatal Diseases of National Commission of Health; National Children's Medical Center, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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Mikolka P, Curstedt T, Feinstein R, Larsson A, Grendar M, Rising A, Johansson J. Impact of synthetic surfactant CHF5633 with SP-B and SP-C analogues on lung function and inflammation in rabbit model of acute respiratory distress syndrome. Physiol Rep 2021; 9:e14700. [PMID: 33403805 PMCID: PMC7786196 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.14700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Revised: 11/29/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is associated with diffuse inflammation, alveolar epithelial damage, and leakage of plasma proteins into the alveolar space, which together contribute to inactivation of pulmonary surfactant and respiratory failure. Exogenous surfactant delivery is therefore considered to hold potential for ARDS treatment, but clinical trials with natural derived surfactant or synthetic surfactant containing a surfactant protein C (SP-C) analogue have been negative. Synthetic surfactant CHF5633, containing analogues of SP-B and SP-C, may be effective against ARDS. The aim here was to compare treatment effects of CHF5633 and animal-derived surfactant poractant alfa in animal model of ARDS. ARDS was induced in adult New Zealand rabbits by mild lung lavages followed by injurious ventilation until respiratory failure (P/F ratio <26.7 kPa). The animals were then treated with intratracheal bolus of 200 mg/kg CHF5633 or poractant alfa (Curosurf® ), or air as control. The animals were subsequently ventilated for an additional 4 hr and respiratory parameters were recorded regularly. Postmortem, histological analysis, degree of lung edema, and levels of the cytokines TNFα, IL-6, and IL-8 in lung homogenates were evaluated. Both surfactant preparations improved lung function, reduced the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines, and degree of lung edema to very similar degrees versus the controls. No significant differences in any of the analyzed parameters were observed between the CHF5633- and poractant alfa-treated groups. This study indicates that single dose of CHF5633 improves lung function and attenuates inflammation as effectively as poractant alfa in experimental ARDS caused by injurious ventilation.
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- Pavol Mikolka
- Division for NeurogeriatricsDepartment of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and SocietyKarolinska InstitutetHuddingeSweden
- Biomedical Center MartinJessenius Faculty of Medicine in MartinComenius University in BratislavaMartinSlovakia
- Department of PhysiologyJessenius Faculty of Medicine in MartinComenius University in BratislavaMartinSlovakia
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and SurgeryKarolinska InstitutetKarolinska University HospitalStockholmSweden
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- Department of PathologyThe Swedish National Veterinary InstituteUppsalaSweden
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- Hedenstierna LaboratoryDepartment of Surgical SciencesUppsala UniversityUppsalaSweden
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- Biomedical Center MartinJessenius Faculty of Medicine in MartinComenius University in BratislavaMartinSlovakia
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- Division for NeurogeriatricsDepartment of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and SocietyKarolinska InstitutetHuddingeSweden
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and BiochemistrySwedish University of Agricultural SciencesUppsalaSweden
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- Division for NeurogeriatricsDepartment of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and SocietyKarolinska InstitutetHuddingeSweden
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Zebialowicz Ahlström J, Massaro F, Mikolka P, Feinstein R, Perchiazzi G, Basabe-Burgos O, Curstedt T, Larsson A, Johansson J, Rising A. Synthetic surfactant with a recombinant surfactant protein C analogue improves lung function and attenuates inflammation in a model of acute respiratory distress syndrome in adult rabbits. Respir Res 2019; 20:245. [PMID: 31694668 PMCID: PMC6836435 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-019-1220-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2019] [Accepted: 10/17/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM In acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) damaged alveolar epithelium, leakage of plasma proteins into the alveolar space and inactivation of pulmonary surfactant lead to respiratory dysfunction. Lung function could potentially be restored with exogenous surfactant therapy, but clinical trials have so far been disappointing. These negative results may be explained by inactivation and/or too low doses of the administered surfactant. Surfactant based on a recombinant surfactant protein C analogue (rSP-C33Leu) is easy to produce and in this study we compared its effects on lung function and inflammation with a commercial surfactant preparation in an adult rabbit model of ARDS. METHODS ARDS was induced in adult New Zealand rabbits by mild lung-lavages followed by injurious ventilation (VT 20 m/kg body weight) until P/F ratio < 26.7 kPa. The animals were treated with two intratracheal boluses of 2.5 mL/kg of 2% rSP-C33Leu in DPPC/egg PC/POPG, 50:40:10 or poractant alfa (Curosurf®), both surfactants containing 80 mg phospholipids/mL, or air as control. The animals were subsequently ventilated (VT 8-9 m/kg body weight) for an additional 3 h and lung function parameters were recorded. Histological appearance of the lungs, degree of lung oedema and levels of the cytokines TNFα IL-6 and IL-8 in lung homogenates were evaluated. RESULTS Both surfactant preparations improved lung function vs. the control group and also reduced inflammation scores, production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, and formation of lung oedema to similar degrees. Poractant alfa improved compliance at 1 h, P/F ratio and PaO2 at 1.5 h compared to rSP-C33Leu surfactant. CONCLUSION This study indicates that treatment of experimental ARDS with synthetic lung surfactant based on rSP-C33Leu improves lung function and attenuates inflammation.
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- J Zebialowicz Ahlström
- Division for Neurogeriatrics, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Anesthesia and Intesive Care, Villa Anthea Hospital, Bari, Italy
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- Division for Neurogeriatrics, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.,Biomedical Center Martin and Department of Physiology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Martin, Slovakia
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- Department of Pathology, The Swedish National Veterinary Institute, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Hedenstierna Laboratory, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Division for Neurogeriatrics, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Hedenstierna Laboratory, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Division for Neurogeriatrics, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Division for Neurogeriatrics, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden. .,Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Speer CP, Halliday HL. Bo Sun and the Development of Neonatology in China. Neonatology 2017; 112:288-290. [PMID: 28988238 DOI: 10.1159/000478083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Christian P Speer
- University Children's Hospital, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Carnielli VP, Giorgetti C, Simonato M, Vedovelli L, Cogo P. Neonatal Respiratory Diseases in the Newborn Infant: Novel Insights from Stable Isotope Tracer Studies. Neonatology 2016; 109:325-33. [PMID: 27251153 DOI: 10.1159/000444891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Respiratory distress syndrome is a common problem in preterm infants and the etiology is multifactorial. Lung underdevelopment, lung hypoplasia, abnormal lung water metabolism, inflammation, and pulmonary surfactant deficiency or disfunction play a variable role in the pathogenesis of respiratory distress syndrome. High-quality exogenous surfactant replacement studies and studies on surfactant metabolism are available; however, the contribution of surfactant deficiency, alteration or dysfunction in selected neonatal lung conditions is not fully understood. In this article, we describe a series of studies made by applying stable isotope tracers to the study of surfactant metabolism and lung water. In a first set of studies, which we call 'endogenous studies', using stable isotope-labelled intravenous surfactant precursors, we showed the feasibility of measuring surfactant synthesis and kinetics in infants using several metabolic precursors including plasma glucose, plasma fatty acids and body water. In a second set of studies, named 'exogenous studies', using stable isotope-labelled phosphatidylcholine tracer given endotracheally, we could estimate surfactant disaturated phosphatidylcholine pool size and half-life. Very recent studies are focusing on lung water and on the endogenous biosynthesis of the surfactant-specific proteins. Information obtained from these studies in infants will help to better tailor exogenous surfactant treatment in neonatal lung diseases.
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- Virgilio P Carnielli
- Division of Neonatology, Salesi Hospital and Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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How to overcome surfactant dysfunction in meconium aspiration syndrome? Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2013; 187:58-63. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2013.02.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2012] [Revised: 02/26/2013] [Accepted: 02/28/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Raghavendran K, Willson D, Notter RH. Surfactant therapy for acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Crit Care Clin 2011; 27:525-59. [PMID: 21742216 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2011.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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This article examines exogenous lung surfactant replacement therapy and its usefulness in mitigating clinical acute lung injury (ALI) and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Surfactant therapy is beneficial in term infants with pneumonia and meconium aspiration lung injury, and in children up to age 21 years with direct pulmonary forms of ALI/ARDS. However, extension of exogenous surfactant therapy to adults with respiratory failure and clinical ALI/ARDS remains a challenge. This article reviews clinical studies of surfactant therapy in pediatric and adult patients with ALI/ARDS, focusing on its potential advantages in patients with direct pulmonary forms of these syndromes.
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- Krishnan Raghavendran
- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, 1C340A-UH, SPC 5033, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5033, USA.
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Choi HJ, Suh HS, Hahn S, Lee J, Park BJ, Lee SM, Kim HS, Bae CW. The burden of illness for meconium aspiration syndrome and cost prediction related to surfactant therapy for meconium aspiration syndrome in Korea. JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 2011. [DOI: 10.5124/jkma.2011.54.5.549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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- Hyun Jin Choi
- National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency, Seoul, Korea
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency, Seoul, Korea
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- National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency, Seoul, Korea
- Department of Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Medical Research Collaborating Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Medical Research Collaborating Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency, Seoul, Korea
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Medical Research Collaborating Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Jeng MJ, Soong WJ, Lee YS, Tsao PC, Yang CF, Chiu SY, Tang RB. Meconium exposure dependent cell death and apoptosis in human alveolar epithelial cells. Pediatr Pulmonol 2010; 45:816-23. [PMID: 20623781 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Alveolar epithelial cells of neonates are directly exposed to aspirated meconium during meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS). This study was designed to investigate the influence of quantity and time of meconium exposure on the cell viability and caspase activity in type II human alveolar epithelial cells. Human alveolar epithelial cells were incubated with human meconium suspension at different concentrations and for different times. Cell viability and DNA fragmentation were investigated together with caspases activity and the amount of Bcl-2 protein present. We found that cell viability was significantly lower in cells exposed to a higher concentration of meconium. This was also true for cells exposed to meconium for longer. Significantly higher DNA fragmentation, an approximately two- to fivefold increase, was observed in cells that had been exposed to higher (5% and 10%) concentration of meconium compared to those treated with lower (0.1% and 1%) concentrations (P < 0.05). The activity of most apoptotic initiators (caspase 2, 8, 9, 10) and effectors (caspase 3, 6) were found to be significantly higher in cells subject to greater meconium exposure compared to cells with no or minor meconium exposure. The level of Bcl-2 was also found to be significantly decreased in meconium-exposed cells (P < 0.05). In conclusion, human meconium would seem to induce direct cell death as well as caspase-dependent apoptosis in alveolar epithelial cells; the amount and period of exposure to meconium are crucial factors in this process. Thus, removing aspirated meconium should alleviate lung cell damage in neonates and improve the outcome with MAS.
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- Mei-Jy Jeng
- Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
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Pulmonary surfactant kinetics of the newborn infant: novel insights from studies with stable isotopes. J Perinatol 2009; 29 Suppl 2:S29-37. [PMID: 19399007 DOI: 10.1038/jp.2009.32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Deficiency or dysfunction of the pulmonary surfactant plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of respiratory diseases of the newborn. After a short review of the pulmonary surfactant, including its role in selected neonatal respiratory conditions, we describe a series of studies conducted by applying two recently developed methods to measure surfactant kinetics. In the first set of studies, namely 'endogenous studies', which used stable isotope-labeled intravenous surfactant precursors, we have shown the feasibility of measuring surfactant synthesis and kinetics in infants using several metabolic precursors, including plasma glucose, plasma fatty acids and body water. In the second set of studies, namely 'exogenous studies', which used a stable isotope-labeled phosphatidylcholine (PC) tracer given endotracheally, we estimated the surfactant disaturated phosphatidylcholine (DSPC) pool size and half-life. The major findings of our studies are presented here and can be summarized as follows: (a) the de novo synthesis and turnover rates of the surfactant (DSPC) in preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) are very low with either precursor; (b) in preterm infants with RDS, pool size is very small and half-life much longer than what has been reported in animal studies; (c) patients recovering from RDS who required higher continuous positive airway pressure pressure after extubation or reintubation have a lower level of intrapulmonary surfactant than those who did well after extubation; (d) term newborn infants with pneumonia have greatly accelerated surfactant catabolism; and (e) infants with uncomplicated congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) and on conventional mechanical ventilation have normal surfactant synthesis, but those requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenated (ECMO) do not. Information obtained from these studies in infants will help to better tailor exogenous surfactant treatment in neonatal lung diseases.
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Lyra JC, Mascaretti RS, Precioso AR, Haddad LB, Mauad T, Vaz FAC, Rebello CM. Polyethylene glycol addition does not improve exogenous surfactant function in an experimental model of meconium aspiration syndrome. Exp Lung Res 2009; 35:76-88. [PMID: 19191106 DOI: 10.1080/01902140802415837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Meconium (MEC) is a potent inactivator of pulmonary surfactant. The authors studied the effects of polyethylene glycol addition to the exogenous surfactant over the lung mechanics and volumes. Human meconium was administrated to newborn rabbits. Animals were ventilated for 20 minutes and dynamic compliance, ventilatory pressure, and tidal volume were recorded. Animals were randomized into 3 study groups: MEC group (without surfactant therapy); S100 group (100 mg/kg surfactant); and PEG group (100 mg/kg porcine surfactant plus 5% PEG). After ventilation, a pulmonary pressure-volume curve was built. Histological analysis was carried out to calculate the mean alveolar size (Lm) and the distortion index (DI). Both groups treated with surfactant showed higher values of dynamic pulmonary compliance and lower ventilatory pressure, compared with the MEC group (P < .05). S100 group had a larger maximum lung volume, V(30), compared with the MEC group (P < .05). Lm and DI values were smaller in the groups treated with surfactant than in the MEC group (P < .05). No differences were observed between the S100 and PEG groups. Animals treated with surfactant showed significant improvement in pulmonary function as compared to nontreated animals. PEG added to exogenous surfactant did not improve lung mechanics or volumes.
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- Joao Cesar Lyra
- Department of Pediatrics, São Paulo State University, Rubiao Junior, Campus Botucatu, Botucatu, Brazil.
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Pulmonary Surfactant: Biology and Therapy. THE RESPIRATORY TRACT IN PEDIATRIC CRITICAL ILLNESS AND INJURY 2009. [PMCID: PMC7124042 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84800-925-7_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Bronchoalveolar lavage with pulmonary surfactant/dextran mixture improves meconium clearance and lung functions in experimental meconium aspiration syndrome. Eur J Pediatr 2008; 167:851-7. [PMID: 17952467 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-007-0596-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2007] [Accepted: 08/21/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Surfactant lung lavage is a promising approach in the treatment of meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS). We hypothesise that the enrichment of modified natural surfactant with dextran will enhance meconium clearance from the airspaces during lung lavage and improve lung function in experimental MAS. Human meconium (30 mg/ml; 4 ml/kg) was instilled into the tracheal cannula of anaesthetised and paralysed adult rabbits to induce respiratory failure. The animals were then lavaged with saline (Sal), surfactant without (Surf) and with dextran (Surf+dex). Lung lavage (10 ml/kg in three portions) was performed with diluted surfactant (Curosurf, 10 mg/ml, 100 mg/kg) without or with dextran (3 mg/mg of surfactant phospholipids) or saline and the animals were conventionally ventilated with 100% O(2) for an additional hour. Lung functions were measured prior to and after meconium instillation, and 10, 30 and 60 min after lavage. The recovery of meconium in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid was quantified. More meconium solids was recovered in the surfactant-lavaged than in the saline-lavaged groups (Surf: 12.4 +/- 3.9% and Surf+dex: 17.5 +/- 3.5% vs. Sal: 4.8 +/- 1.0%; both P < 0.01). Moreover, more meconium solids was obtained by Curosurf/dextran than by Curosurf-only lavage (P < 0.05). In the Surf group, the values for PaO(2)/FiO(2) were significantly higher than in the controls (at 60 min: 24.5 +/- 4.2 kPa vs.9.1 +/- 2.2 kPa, P < 0.01). An additional increase in oxygenation was seen in the Surf+dex group (at 60 min: 34.2 +/- 8.1 kPa, P vs. Surf group <0.01). The lung-thorax compliance was higher in the Surf+dex group in comparison with the Sal and Surf groups (at 60 min: 9.6 +/- 0.9 vs.7.6 +/- 1.2, P < 0.01 and 8.0 +/- 0.7 ml/kPa/kg, P < 0.05). The enrichment of Curosurf with dextran improves meconium clearance and lung functions in surfactant-lavaged rabbits with meconium aspiration.
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This article reviews exogenous surfactant therapy and its use in mitigating acute lung injury (ALI) and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in infants, children, and adults. Biophysical and animal research documenting surfactant dysfunction in ALI/ARDS is described, and the scientific rationale for treatment with exogenous surfactant is discussed. Major emphasis is placed on reviewing clinical studies of surfactant therapy in pediatric and adult patients who have ALI/ARDS. Particular advantages from surfactant therapy in direct pulmonary forms of these syndromes are described. Also discussed are additional factors affecting the efficacy of exogenous surfactants in ALI/ARDS.
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- Douglas F Willson
- Pediatric ICU and Division of Pediatric Critical Care, University of Virginia Children's Medical Center, UVA Health Sciences System, Box 800386, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0386, USA.
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Colvero MO, Fiori HH, Fiori RM, Luz JH, de Paula D, Oppermann C, Pitrez PM, da Silva VD, Colvero AP. Bronchoalveolar lavage plus surfactant in a piglet model of meconium aspiration syndrome. Neonatology 2008; 93:188-92. [PMID: 17992018 DOI: 10.1159/000110866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2007] [Accepted: 08/07/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Meconium aspiration produces airway obstruction and surfactant inhibition. Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and surfactant replacement have been proposed as treatments for the syndrome. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of BAL with normal saline followed by a supplementary dose of surfactant in a piglet model of meconium aspiration syndrome. METHODS 15 newborn piglets were used in the study. The animals were ventilated with fixed settings. After inhalation of 4 ml/kg of diluted meconium, the piglets were randomized into three groups: group I (n = 5) - tracheal aspiration without BAL; group II (n = 5) - BAL with normal saline (15 ml/kg), and group III (n = 5) - BAL with normal saline (15 ml/kg) followed by a supplementary dose of surfactant (Curosurf(R) 100 mg/kg). Arterial blood gas samples were obtained 30 min and 6 h after the inhalation of meconium. RESULTS A significant increase of PaO(2 )values at 6 h after treatment was only observed in group III (from 51 +/- 13 to 189 +/- 115 mm Hg; p = 0.04). At this time, PaO(2) in group III was significantly higher compared to group II (189 +/- 115 and 37 +/- 11 mm Hg, respectively; p = 0.023) and showed a borderline significance when compared to group I (p = 0.066). CONCLUSION BAL with normal saline followed by a supplementary dose of surfactant may improve oxygenation in an experimental piglet model of meconium aspiration syndrome.
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- Mauricio Obal Colvero
- Department of Pediatrics, Hospital São Lucas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Dehority W, Lu KW, Clements J, Goerke J, Pittet JF, Allen L, Taeusch HW. Polyethylene glycol-surfactant for lavage lung injury in rats. Pediatr Res 2005; 58:913-8. [PMID: 16183815 DOI: 10.1203/01.pdr.0000182581.39561.01] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Addition of ionic and nonionic water-soluble polymers to pulmonary surfactants in the presence of inactivating substances prevents surfactant inactivation in vitro and improves lung function in several models of lung injury. However, a recent report found opposite effects when surfactant plus polyethylene glycol (PEG) was used to treat lung injury caused by saline lung lavage. Therefore, we examined the reasons why the polymer effect is less evident in the saline lung lavage lung injury model. We treated rats with lavage lung injury with a commercial lung surfactant extract derived from bovine lung (Survanta) with or without addition of PEG. Groups treated with Survanta + PEG had significantly higher static post mortem lung volumes than groups treated with Survanta. However, groups treated with Survanta + PEG had more tracheal fluid and no significant benefit in arterial oxygenation compared with the group treated with Survanta, despite our use of measures to reduce pulmonary edema. Measurements after intravascular injections of (125)I-labeled albumin confirmed that addition of PEG increased extravascular lung water and that this effect is mitigated by furosemide. We conclude that surfactant + PEG mixtures are less effective in lavage injury than in other forms of lung injury because of increased extravascular lung water.
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- Walter Dehority
- Department of Pediatrics, San Francisco General Hospital/University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94110, USA
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Lu KW, Goerke J, Clements JA, Taeusch HW. Hyaluronan reduces surfactant inhibition and improves rat lung function after meconium injury. Pediatr Res 2005; 58:206-10. [PMID: 16055934 DOI: 10.1203/01.pdr.0000169981.06266.3e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Hyaluronan (HA), an ionic polymer, is normally present in the alveolar subphase and is known to decrease lung surfactant inactivation caused by serum in vitro. In this study, we examined whether HA can ameliorate the inactivating effects of meconium in vitro and in vivo. Surface activities of various mixtures of Survanta, HA, and meconium were measured using a modified pulsating bubble surfactometer. With meconium, almost all surface activity measures were improved by the addition of HA of several molecular weights at a concentration of 0.25%. Anesthetized, paralyzed rats were maintained on positive-pressure ventilation. After lung injury by instillation of meconium, they were treated with Survanta, Survanta with HA, or control mixtures. Serial measures of blood gases and peak inspiratory pressure were recorded for the duration of the experiment. When the Survanta plus HA group was compared with the Survanta alone group, arterial oxygen tension averaged 117% higher, peak inspiratory pressure was 27% lower at the end of the experiment, and lung compliance also showed significant improvement. These results indicate that HA added to Survanta decreases inactivation caused by meconium in vitro and improves gas exchange and pulmonary mechanics of animals with meconium-induced acute lung injury.
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- Karen W Lu
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94110, USA.
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Lu KW, Robertson B, Taeusch HW. Dextran or Polyethylene Glycol Added to Curosurf for Treatment of Meconium Lung Injury in Rats. Neonatology 2005; 88:46-53. [PMID: 15767742 DOI: 10.1159/000084458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2004] [Accepted: 12/23/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND In experimental lung injuries, improvement of lung function after treatment with surfactant/polymer mixtures may depend on both type of polymer and the specific surfactant. In vitro studies suggest that dextran is more effective when mixed with Curosurf, and polyethylene glycol (PEG) is more effective when mixed with Survanta. We therefore wanted to find out whether these results held true in an animal model of acute lung injury. OBJECTIVE To compare the response to therapy of PEG vs. dextran when added to Curosurf after meconium lung injury. METHODS Lung injury was produced by intratracheal instillation of meconium (30 and 4 ml/kg). One hour after injury, Curosurf (35 mg/ml) with or without 5% dextran (68 kDa) or 5% PEG (10 kDa) was given. Arterial blood gases and peak inspiratory pressures were measured for 3 h after treatment while animals were supported by volume-regulated ventilation. Then animals were sacrificed and pressure volume relationships, lung wet/dry weights, and histology were assessed. RESULTS Initially, improved PaO2 and inspiratory pressure occurred for both Curosurf/PEG and Curosurf/dextran groups compared with Curosurf, but at three hours, peak inspiratory pressure and PaO2 remained significantly improved for the Curosurf/dextran but not for Curosurf/PEG groups when compared with Curosurf alone. Total lung capacity at the end of the experiment was also significantly increased in the Curosurf/dextran group, but not the Curosurf/PEG group when compared with Curosurf. CONCLUSION Under these experimental conditions, Curosurf/dextran mixtures provided a better therapeutic response than Curosurf/PEG or Curosurf.
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- Karen W Lu
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California-San Francisco, San Franscisco, Calif. 94110, USA
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With the use of stable isotope-labeled intravenous precursors for surfactant phosphatidylcholine (PC) synthesis, it has been shown that the de novo synthesis rates in preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) are very low as are turnover rates. This is consistent with animal data. Surfactant therapy does not inhibit endogenous surfactant synthesis, and prenatal corticosteroids stimulate it. With the use of stable isotope-labeled PC given endotracheally, surfactant pool size was estimated. It turned out to be low in RDS, as expected. Similar studies were performed in term neonates with severe lung diseases. In general, patients with lung injury show a lower surfactant synthesis. The controversy around surfactant in congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) persists: studies on CDH with and without extracorporeal membrane oxygenation yielded different results. In severe meconium aspiration syndrome surfactant synthesis was found to be decreased but surfactant pool size was maintained. It is possible and safe to study surfactant metabolism in human neonates with the use of stable isotopes. This can help in answering clinical questions and has the potential to bring new in vitro and animal findings about surfactant metabolism to the patient.
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- L J I Zimmermann
- Division of Neonatology, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Davidson BA, Knight PR, Wang Z, Chess PR, Holm BA, Russo TA, Hutson A, Notter RH. Surfactant alterations in acute inflammatory lung injury from aspiration of acid and gastric particulates. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2005; 288:L699-708. [PMID: 15757954 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00229.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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This study examines surfactant dysfunction in rats with inflammatory lung injury from intratracheal instillation of hydrochloric acid (ACID, pH 1.25), small nonacidified gastric particles (SNAP), or combined acid and small gastric particles (CASP). Rats given CASP had the most severe lung injury at 6, 24, and 48 h based on decreases in arterial oxygenation and increases in erythrocytes, total leukocytes, neutrophils, total protein, and albumin in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). The content of large surfactant aggregates in BAL was reduced in all forms of aspiration injury, but decreases were greatest in rats given CASP. Large aggregates from aspiration-injured rats also had decreased levels of phosphatidylcholine (PC) and increased levels of lyso-PC and total protein compared with saline controls (abnormalities for CASP were greater than for SNAP or ACID alone). The surface tension-lowering ability of large surfactant aggregates on a bubble surfactometer was impaired in rats with aspiration injury at 6, 24, and 48 h, with the largest activity reductions found in animals given CASP. There were strong statistical correlations between surfactant dysfunction (increased minimum surface tension and reduced large aggregate content) and the severity of lung injury based on arterial oxygenation and levels of albumin, protein, and erythrocytes in BAL (P < 0.0001). Surfactant dysfunction also correlated strongly with reduced lung volumes during inflation and deflation (P = 0.0004-0.005). These results indicate that surfactant abnormalities are functionally important in gastric aspiration lung injury and contribute significantly to the increased severity of injury found in CASP compared with ACID or SNAP alone.
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- Bruce A Davidson
- Departments of Anesthesiology,University at Buffalo-State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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Meister J, Balaraman V, Ramirez M, Uyehara CFT, Killeen J, Ku T, Person D, Easa D. Lavage administration of dilute surfactant in a piglet model of meconium aspiration. Lung 2005; 182:227-40. [PMID: 15636195 PMCID: PMC1315299 DOI: 10.1007/s00408-004-2505-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Maldistribution of exogenous surfactant may preclude any clinical response in acute lung injury associated with surfactant dysfunction. Our previous studies have shown the effectiveness of surfactant lavage after homogenous lung injury. The present study utilizes a histologically confirmed non-homogeneous lung injury model induced by saline lung-lavage followed by meconium injected into a mainstem bronchus. Piglets were then treated with Infasurf or Exosurf by lavage (I-LAVAGE, n = 7; E-LAVAGE, n = 5) or bolus (I-BOLUS, n = 8; E-BOLUS, n = 5), or went untreated (CONTROL, n = 4). Lavage administration utilized a dilute surfactant (35 ml/kg; 4 mg phospholipid/ml) instilled into the lung, followed by gravity drainage. The retained doses of the respective surfactant in the lavage and bolus groups were similar. Results showed that the surfactant distribution was more uniform in the lavage groups compared to the bolus groups. Significant and consistent increases in PaO2 were observed in the lavage groups compared to the bolus groups and the controls. PaO2 (mmHg) at 240 min posttreatment: I-LAVAGE = 297 +/- 54, E-LAVAGE = 280 +/- 57; I-BOLUS = 139 +/- 31; E-BOLUS = 152 +/- 29; C = 119 +/- 73 (mean +/- SEM). Other improved pulmonary function parameters favored lavage administration. We conclude that better surfactant distribution achieved by lavage administration can be more effective than bolus administration in this type of non-homogeneous lung injury.
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- Joan Meister
- Clinical Research Center and Department of Pediatrics, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii and Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, Honolulu, Hawaii 96826, USA
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- Clinical Research Center and Department of Pediatrics, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii and Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, Honolulu, Hawaii 96826, USA
- Correspondence to: Venkataraman Balaraman, 1319 Punahou Street, Room 750, Honolulu, HI 96826, USA;
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- Clinical Research Center and Department of Pediatrics, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii and Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, Honolulu, Hawaii 96826, USA
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- Department of Pathology, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii and Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, Honolulu, Hawaii 96826, USA
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- Department of Clinical Investigation, Tripler Army Medical Center, TAMC, Hawaii 96850, USA
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- Department of Clinical Investigation, Tripler Army Medical Center, TAMC, Hawaii 96850, USA
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- Clinical Research Center and Department of Pediatrics, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii and Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, Honolulu, Hawaii 96826, USA
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Meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) is an important cause of respiratory distress in the term infant. Therapy for the disease remains problematic, and newer treatments such as high-frequency ventilation and inhaled nitric oxide are being applied with increasing frequency. There is a significant disturbance of the pulmonary surfactant system in MAS, with a wealth of experimental data indicating that inhibition of surfactant function in the alveolar space is an important element of the pathophysiology of the disease. This inhibition may be mediated by meconium, plasma proteins, haemoglobin and oedema fluid, and, at least in vitro, can be overcome by increasing surfactant phospholipid concentration. These observations have served as the rationale for administration of exogenous surfactant preparations in MAS, initially as standard bolus therapy and, more recently, in association with therapeutic lung lavage. Bolus surfactant therapy in ventilated infants with MAS has been found to improve oxygenation in most studies, although there are a significant proportion of nonresponders and in many cases the effect is transient. Pooled data from randomised controlled trials of surfactant therapy suggest a benefit in terms of a reduction in the requirement for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (relative risk 0.48 in surfactant-treated infants) but no diminution of air leak or ventilator days. Current evidence would support the use of bolus surfactant therapy on a case by case basis in nurseries with a relatively high mortality associated with MAS, or the lack of availability of other forms of respiratory support such as high-frequency ventilation or nitric oxide. If used, bolus surfactant should be administered as early as practicable to infants who exhibit significant parenchymal disease, at a phospholipid dose of at least 100 mg/kg, rapidly instilled into the trachea. Natural surfactant or a third-generation synthetic surfactant should be used and the dosage repeated every 6 hours until oxygenation has improved. Lung lavage with dilute surfactant has recently emerged as an alternative to bolus therapy in MAS, which has the advantage of removing surfactant inhibitors from the alveolar space in addition to augmenting surfactant phospholipid concentration. Combined animal and human data suggest that lung lavage can remove significant amounts of meconium and alveolar debris, and thereby improve oxygenation and pulmonary mechanics. Arterial oxygen saturation inevitably falls during lavage but has been noted to recover relatively rapidly, even in infants with severe disease. Several randomised controlled trials of surfactant lavage in MAS are underway, and until the results are known, lavage must be considered an unproven and experimental therapy.
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- Peter A Dargaville
- Department of Paediatrics, Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
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Sevecova-Mokra D, Calkovska A, Drgova A, Javorka M, Javorka K. Treatment of experimental meconium aspiration syndrome with surfactant lung lavage and conventional vs. asymmetric high-frequency jet ventilation. Pediatr Pulmonol 2004; 38:285-91. [PMID: 15334504 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Respiratory failure caused by meconium aspiration requires combined strategies. We hypothesized that surfactant lung lavage with asymmetric high-frequency jet ventilation (AHFJV) can increase the removal of meconium and improve lung function. During conventional ventilation (CV), a suspension of human meconium (25 mg/ml, 4 ml/kg) was instilled into the tracheal tube of anesthetized rabbits to cause respiratory failure. Animals were then divided into four groups: saline lavage + CV (Sal-CV), surfactant lavage + CV (Surf-CV), saline lavage + HFJV (Sal-HFJV), and surfactant lavage + HFJV (Surf-HFJV). Lung lavage (10 ml/kg in 3 portions) was performed with diluted surfactant (Curosurf, 100 mg of phospholipids/kg) or saline during CV (frequency (f), 30/min; inspiration time (Ti), 50%) or AHFJV (f, 300/min; Ti, 70%). Animals were ventilated for an additional hour with either CV or HFJV (Ti, 50%). Surfactant lavage with both CV and AHFJV removed more meconium than saline lavage. However, the highest removal was found in the Surf-HFJV group vs. all other groups (P < 0.05). The oxygenation index decreased after surfactant lavage in both groups compared to controls (P < 0.001), and more prominently in the Surf-CV group. Elimination of CO(2) was significantly higher in the Surf-HFJV group vs. all other groups (P < 0.05). The ventilation efficiency index increased after lavage in both surfactant groups vs. saline controls (P < 0.05). Dynamic lung-thorax compliance gradually increased, and right-to-left pulmonary shunts decreased in both surfactant groups vs. saline controls after lavage (P < 0.05). Combination of surfactant lavage with both CV and AHFJV was beneficial in rabbits with meconium aspiration syndrome. While AHFJV was more effective in the removal of meconium, CV had a more favorable effect on lung function in the postlavage period.
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- Daniela Sevecova-Mokra
- Department of Physiology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Martin, Slovakia.
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Fuhrman BP. Surface properties and the meconium aspiration syndrome. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2004; 5:200-1. [PMID: 15080112 DOI: 10.1097/01.pcc.0000115958.23002.d5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Robinson TW, Roberts AM. Effects of exogenous surfactant on gas exchange and compliance in rabbits after meconium aspiration. Pediatr Pulmonol 2002; 33:117-23. [PMID: 11802248 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.10056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Success in using adjunctive surfactant therapy for meconium aspiration has been inconsistent. We tested the hypothesis that the ability of exogenous surfactant to improve gas exchange and pulmonary compliance after meconium aspiration is related to the method of surfactant administration. In anesthetized rabbits (2.4 +/- 0.16 kg body weight), an endotracheal tube (ETT) was placed in the lower trachea, and the lungs were ventilated mechanically. After a control period, filtered meconium (3-5 mL/kg) was instilled through the ETT. Group 1 (n = 5) was not given surfactant. Thirty minutes after meconium instillation, group 2 (n = 5) was given a bolus of bovine surfactant (Beractant, 4 mL/kg) through the ETT, and group 3 (n = 5) was given an infusion of Beractant (4 mL/kg for 1 hr) through the side-port of the ETT. Thirty minutes after meconium instillation, tracheal pressure increased by 8 +/- 1 cm H(2)O (mean +/- SEM), dynamic compliance decreased by 0.36 +/- 0.07 mL/cm H(2)O/kg, arterial PO(2) (PaO(2)) decreased by 49 +/- 6.0 mmHg, arterial PCO(2) (PaCO(2)) increased by 12 +/- 2.4 mmHg, and arterial pH (pHa) decreased by 0.09 +/- 0.02. After 3 hr of exposure to meconium, tracheal pressure was significantly (P < 0.001) lower in group 3 compared to groups 1 or 2. PaO(2) remained below baseline in all groups. Group 3 had a significantly (P = 0.001) higher dynamic compliance than groups 1 or 2. Likewise, static compliance was higher for group 3 compared to groups 1 or 2, with the greatest difference at low lung volume. Mean arterial blood pressure, pulse rate, PaCO(2), and pHa were not significantly different between groups. These results suggest that continuous infusion of exogenous surfactant is more effective than bolus administration in improving pulmonary function after meconium aspiration.
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- Tonya W Robinson
- Division of Neonatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky 40202-3830, USA.
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Lu KW, Taeusch HW, Robertson B, Goerke J, Clements JA. Polyethylene glycol/surfactant mixtures improve lung function after HCl and endotoxin lung injuries. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001; 164:1531-6. [PMID: 11704608 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.164.8.2104016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Addition of nonionic polymers such as polyethylene glycol (PEG) and dextran ameliorates inactivation of Survanta by a variety of substances in vitro. Addition of polymers to Survanta also improves pulmonary function when used to treat rats with lung injury caused by instillation of human meconium. To find whether this approach is effective in lung injuries that more closely resemble adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), we have compared the use of Survanta with Survanta + PEG in two additional models of lung injury caused by either lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or HCl in adult rats. Significant improvement of serial measures for arterial oxygenation and of postmortem pressure-volume measurements were found after treatment with Survanta + PEG compared with Survanta alone. PEG added to Survanta increased resistance to inactivation caused by tracheal fluid taken from animals injured with HCl. Other work suggests that PEG promotes surfactant aggregation, separates surfactant from surfactant inhibitors, and enhances access of surfactant to the gas-liquid interface. The addition of polymers to surfactants may also be useful in the treatment of lung injury where inactivation of surfactant has already occurred.
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- K W Lu
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
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Martínez-Burnes J, López A, Horney B, MacKenzie A, Brimacombe M. Cytologic and biochemical changes associated with inoculation of amniotic fluid and meconium into lungs of neonatal rats. Am J Vet Res 2001; 62:1636-41. [PMID: 11592332 DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2001.62.1636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of homologous amniotic fluid and meconium inoculated intratracheally into the lungs of neonatal rats. ANIMALS 153 male 7-day-old Fischer-344 rats. PROCEDURE Amniotic fluid was obtained by cesarean section from the uterus of pregnant rats and meconium was collected at the time of birth from the gastrointestinal tract of neonatal rats. Neonatal rats were randomly allocated into 5 treatment groups. Two groups received 0.05 ml of saline (0.9% NaCl) solution; the third and fourth groups received 0.05 ml of 50% or 100% amniotic fluid, respectively; the fifth group was inoculated with 0.05 ml of a 20% suspension of meconium. Six or 7 rat pups/group were euthanatized by exsanguination under halothane anesthesia at postinoculation days 1, 3, 7, and 14. The magnitude of injury and inflammatory response was determined by biochemical and cytologic analyses of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. RESULTS Inoculation with saline solution and amniotic fluid did not induce pulmonary injury or inflammatory response. Inoculation with meconium induced significant (P < 0.01) injury and inflammatory response, characterized by the release of cytosolic enzymes and recruitment of neutrophils in the lung. CONCLUSIONS Saline solution is an innocuous vehicle that can be safely used in intratracheal inoculations in neonatal rats. Homologous amniotic fluid, despite containing keratin and epidermal cells, does not cause acute injury or inflammation in the lung. In contrast, meconium acts as a toxic substance injuring respiratory cells and causing a vigorous but transient leukocytic inflammatory reaction in the lungs.
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- J Martínez-Burnes
- Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, México
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We investigated whether newborn piglets exposed to hypoxemia and severe meconium aspiration could be reoxygenated with room air as efficiently as with 100% O(2). Twenty-one 2- to 5-d-old piglets were randomly divided into three groups: 1) the room air group: hypoxemia, meconium aspiration, and reoxygenation with room air (n = 8); 2) the O(2) group: hypoxemia, meconium aspiration, and reoxygenation with 100% O(2) (n = 8); and 3) the control group: meconium aspiration, and reoxygenation with room air (n = 5). Hypoxemia was induced by ventilation with 8% O(2) until the mean blood pressure reached <20 mm Hg or the base excess reached <-20 mM. At this point, reoxygenation was started with either room air or 100% O(2). Three milliliters per kilogram of meconium 110 mg/mL was instilled into the trachea immediately before the start of reoxygenation. The O(2) tension in arterial blood was significantly lower in the room air group; at 5 min of reoxygenation it was 9.1 +/- 0.5 kPa versus 43.5 +/- 6 kPa in the O(2) group (p < 0.05). At 5 min of reoxygenation the tidal volume per kilogram was 12.1 +/- 0.7 mL/kg in the room air group and 13.1 +/- 0.9 mL/kg in the O(2) group (NS). There were no significant differences between the room air and the O(2) groups during 120 min of reoxygenation in mean arterial blood pressure, pulmonary arterial pressure, cardiac index, base excess, or plasma hypoxanthine. In conclusion, hypoxic newborn piglets with meconium aspiration were found to be reoxygenated as efficiently with room air as with 100% O(2).
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- P A Tølløfsrud
- Department of Pediatric Research, The National Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
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There are few therapies for which the cumulative evidence of benefit is as much as that for surfactant therapy for RDS in premature infants. Exogenous surfactant therapy does seem to be beneficial for a number of non-RDS disorders. Although there are some trials supporting its use in MAS and ALI-ARDS, there are only a few small prospective, randomized, controlled trials supporting surfactant use in non-RDS disorders. Use of surfactant therapy for any disorder other than RDS must be considered "off the shelf" and experimental. Much work remains to be done to address the role of surfactant therapy in the myriad disorders discussed. Of import for each of the disorders is addressing the optimum type of surfactant to use, and the appropriate dose, method of delivery, and duration of treatment regimens.
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- T E Wiswell
- Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA.
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Wiswell TE. Advances in the treatment of the meconium aspiration syndrome. ACTA PAEDIATRICA (OSLO, NORWAY : 1992). SUPPLEMENT 2001; 90:28-30. [PMID: 11332953 DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2001.tb01626.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) is a common cause of respiratory distress in neonates. In many affected children, the complex nature of meconium aspiration syndrome contributes to the apparent lack of response to standard therapies. Over the past decade, several new therapies have been suggested to be more effective than "conventional" management in treating meconium aspiration syndrome. These include: anti-inflammatory drugs, medications to counter the effect of prostaglandin-related compounds, high-frequency ventilation, exogenous surfactant, inhaled nitric oxide and liquid ventilation. There are, however, scant evidence-based data to justify routine use of any of those therapies. Additional prospective, well-controlled, randomized trials of diverse therapies are needed to elucidate the optimum management of MAS.
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- T E Wiswell
- SUNY Stony Brook, Pediatrics, New York 11794-8111, USA.
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Almaas R, Robertson B, Linderholm B, Lundberg E, Saugstad OD, Moen A. Reversal of meconium inhibition of pulmonary surfactant by ferric chloride, copper chloride, and acetic acid. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000; 162:1789-94. [PMID: 11069814 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.5.2002068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Meconium inhibits pulmonary surfactant function. We investigated the in vitro effect of meconium on three different commercial surfactants. The dynamic surface properties of these surfactants were evaluated at the concentration of 5 mg/ml with a pulsating bubble system. The inhibitory effect of 2.75 mg/ml meconium was significantly less on Alveofact than on Curosurf and Survanta. Ferric chloride and copper chloride completely reversed the inhibitory effect of meconium. Meconium also prevented effective spreading of surfactant in a Wilhelmy balance system, and this inhibitory effect was counteracted by addition of ferric chloride. Image analysis of Curosurf demonstrated that meconium reduced the total number of microbubbles in 15 light-microscopic fields (4.35 mm(2)) from 1,748 +/- 481 to 180 +/- 166. Ferric chloride restored the number of microbubbles. Addition of ferric chloride or copper chloride to surfactant/meconium lowers pH, and pH adjustment by acetic acid also reversed the inhibitory effect of meconium. Together with the fact that the iron-chelator deferoxamine did not attenuate the effect of ferric chloride this suggests that the observed contrainhibition is caused by lowering of pH, and that meconium inhibition of surfactant is pH-dependent. Lowering pH from 6.2 to 5-5.5 abolished the inhibitory effects of meconium on surfactant. Inhibition of 2.5 mg/ml of Curosurf with plasma could also be reversed by increasing amounts of ferric chloride. We conclude that the inhibitory effect of meconium on surfactant in vitro can be abolished by addition of ferric chloride, copper chloride, or acetic acid.
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- R Almaas
- Departments of Pediatric Research, and Pediatrics, National Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
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Lu KW, William Taeusch H, Robertson B, Goerke J, Clements JA. Polymer-surfactant treatment of meconium-induced acute lung injury. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000; 162:623-8. [PMID: 10934097 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.2.9909099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Substances (for example, serum proteins or meconium) that interfere with the activity of pulmonary surfactant in vitro may also be important in the pathogenesis or progression of acute lung injury. Addition of polymers such as dextran or polyethylene glycol (PEG) to surfactants prevents and reverses surfactant inactivation. The purpose of this study was to find out whether surfactant/polymer mixtures are more effective for treating one form of acute lung injury than is surfactant alone. Acute lung injury in adult rats was created by tracheal instillation of human meconium. Injured animals, which were anesthetized, paralyzed, and ventilated with 100% oxygen and not treated with surfactant mixtures, remained hypoxic and required high ventilator pressures to maintain Pa(CO(2)) in the normal range over the 3 h of the experiment. Uninjured animals maintained normal values for oxygen and compliance of the respiratory system. The greatest improvement in both oxygenation (178%) and compliance (42%) occurred in animals with lung injury that were treated with Survanta and PEG (versus untreated control animals; p < 0.01), whereas little improvement was found after treatment with Survanta alone. Similar results were found when postmortem pulmonary pressure-volume curves and histology were examined. We conclude that adding PEG to Survanta improves gas exchange, pulmonary mechanics, and histologic appearance of the lungs in a rat model of acute lung injury caused by meconium.
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- K W Lu
- Department of Pediatrics and Physiology, and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
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Bahlmann H, Sun B, Nilsson G, Curstedt T, Robertson B. Aerosolized surfactant in lung-lavaged adult rats: factors influencing the therapeutic response. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2000; 44:612-22. [PMID: 10786751 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2000.00521.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of aerosolized modified natural surfactant in adult rats with respiratory failure. METHODS Lung-lavaged adult rats were treated with aerosolized surfactant, aerosolized saline or a bolus of surfactant. Surfactant was labelled with dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) and human serum albumin was given intravenously for evaluation of lung protein leakage. Blood gases and dynamic compliance were measured intermittently. At the end of ventilation, the lungs were either fixed by vascular perfusion for histological examination or washed for determination of total phospholipids, DMPC and human albumin in the lavage fluid. RESULTS Treatment with bolus surfactant led to a quick and sustained restoration of pre-lavage blood gas values in most animals. The response to aerosolized surfactant varied considerably, with an overall moderate improvement of gas exchange. The saline-treated group failed to show any significant recovery of lung function. No histopathological differences were found between any of the groups. On average 0.46% of total administered aerosolized surfactant could be recovered. Vascular-to-alveolar leakage of human albumin averaged 11%, with no significant differences between the groups. Final values for PaO2 were significantly correlated with total phospholipids in the lavage fluid, and inversely related to the vascular-to-alveolar leakage of albumin. CONCLUSION Neither bolus nor aerosolized surfactant influenced lung morphology. Nebulized surfactant improved lung function but the effect was inferior to that obtained with bolus surfactant, and the outcome depended on the balance between the combined pool size of exogenous and endogenous surfactant and the vascular-to-alveolar leakage of serum protein.
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- H Bahlmann
- Department of Woman and Child Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Zhou ZH, Sun B, Lin K, Zhu LW. Prevention of rabbit acute lung injury by surfactant, inhaled nitric oxide, and pressure support ventilation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000; 161:581-8. [PMID: 10673203 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.161.2.9901048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Improvement of pulmonary perfusion and blood oxygenation and prevention of acute lung injury (ALI) may rely on ventilation strategy. We hypothesized that application of a combined surfactant, inhaled nitric oxide (iNO), and pressure support ventilation (PSV) should more effectively protect the lungs from injury. Anesthetized and intubated adult rabbits weighing 2.8 +/- 0.3 kg were allowed to breathe room air while receiving oleic acid intravenously (60 microl/kg). Within 90 min this caused a reduction of Pa(O(2)) from 94 +/- 7 to 48 +/- 3 mm Hg and dynamic lung compliance (Cdyn) from 1.59 +/- 0.22 to 0.85 +/- 0.10 ml/cm H(2)O/kg (both p < 0.01), and increase of intrapulmonary shunting (Q S/Q T) from 9.4 +/- 1.2 to 27 +/- 5% (p < 0.05). PSV was subsequently applied with 3 cm H(2)O of continuous positive airway pressure and FI(O(2)) of 0.3, and the animals were randomly allocated to four groups, receiving: (1) PSV only (Control, n = 10); (2) iNO at 20 ppm (NO, n = 9); (3) surfactant phospholipids at 100 mg/kg (Surf, n = 8); and (4) surfactant at 100 mg/kg and iNO at 20 ppm (SNO, n = 8). PSV level was varied to maintain a tidal volume of 8 to 10 ml/kg for another 12 h or until early animal death. Five animals in the SNO, three each in the NO and Surf group, and one in the Control group survived 12 h (SNO versus Control, p < 0.05). The NO, Surf, and SNO groups had significantly improved mean Pa(O(2)) (> 70 mm Hg, p < 0.05), and reduced Q S/Q T (15, 19, and 17%, respectively, p < 0.05) at 6 and 12 h, but not in the Control group. The SNO group had the highest values of Cdyn at 12 h, alveolar aeration and disaturated phosphatidylcholine-to-total protein ratio in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, and the lowest wet-to-dry lung weight ratio and lung injury score (p < 0.05). The results indicate that early alleviation of ALI by surfactant, iNO, and PSV is due to synergistic effects, and only PSV in this model had limited effects.
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- Z H Zhou
- Children's Hospital Research Institute, Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China
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Khan AM, Shabarek FM, Kutchback JW, Lally KP. Effects of dexamethasone on meconium aspiration syndrome in newborn piglets. Pediatr Res 1999; 46:179-83. [PMID: 10447112 DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199908000-00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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We examined the effects of dexamethasone on lung function in a piglet model of meconium aspiration syndrome. We induced lung injury in 10 newborn piglets (age 5 +/- 0.2 d) with 4 mL/kg body weight of 20% sterile human meconium in normal saline given via tracheostomy. Ventilator management was aimed at maintaining comparable values of end tidal carbon dioxide, Hb saturation, and arterial blood gases. Lung function was assessed using a BICORE CP100 neonatal monitor. Five piglets received 0.5 mg/kg of dexamethasone 2 and 8 h after meconium administration, whereas control piglets received normal saline at similar times. Ventilator settings, oxygen requirements, and lung compliance were similar between groups at the start of the study. Two hours after the instillation of meconium, there was marked lung dysfunction in both groups as evidenced by increased oxygen requirements [fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2) 0.98 +/- 0.01 versus FiO2 0.21 +/- 0, p < 0.0001] and reduced lung compliance (0.35 +/- 0.03 versus 0.8 +/- 0.03 mL x kg(-1) x cm(-1) H2O, p < 0.0001). Administration of dexamethasone resulted in lower oxygen requirements (FiO2 0.27 +/- 0.01 versus FiO2 1.0 +/- 0.0, p < 0.00001), lower oxygenation index (2.17 +/- 0.17 versus 22.64 +/- 3.39, p < 0.0001), ventilatory efficiency index (0.30 +/- 0.01 versus 0.07 +/- 0.01, p < 0.0001), and improved lung compliance (0.68 +/- 0.04 versus 0.34 +/- 0.05 mL x kg(-1) x cm(-1) H2O, p < 0.001) compared with the control group. In summary, a two-dose course of 0.5 mg/kg of dexamethasone improved blood gases and lung function in a piglet model of meconium aspiration syndrome.
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- A M Khan
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas-Houston Medical School and Hermann Children's Hospital, 77030, USA
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Cochrane CG, Revak SD, Merritt TA, Schraufstätter IU, Hoch RC, Henderson C, Andersson S, Takamori H, Oades ZG. Bronchoalveolar lavage with KL4-surfactant in models of meconium aspiration syndrome. Pediatr Res 1998; 44:705-15. [PMID: 9803452 DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199811000-00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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As a model of the meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) of human infants, adult rabbits and newborn rhesus monkeys received intratracheal instillation of human meconium to induce pulmonary injury. Injured rabbits were ventilated with 100% O2 and divided into four treatment groups, receiving: 1) bronchoalveolar lavages (BAL) with dilute KL4-Surfactant; 2) lavages with equal volumes of sterile saline; 3) a single intratracheal bolus of KL4-Surfactant, 100 mg/kg; and 4) no treatment. The untreated rabbits developed atelectasis, a fall in pressure-volume levels and in partial pressure of O2 in arterial blood (PaO2) from approximately 500 to < 100 mm Hg, and severe pulmonary inflammation between 3 and 5 h after instillation of meconium. Rabbits treated by BAL with dilute KL4-Surfactant showed rapid and sustained recovery of PaO2 to approximately 300 mm Hg within minutes, a return toward normal pressure-volume levels, and diminished inflammation. Rabbits receiving BAL with saline failed to show recovery, and rabbits treated with a bolus of surfactant intratracheally exhibited a transient response by 1-2 h after treatment, but then returned to the initial atelectatic state. Newborn rhesus monkeys, after receiving human meconium intratracheally before the first breath, developed severe loss of pulmonary function. Treatment of these monkeys 1-5 h after birth with BAL with dilute KL4-Surfactant produced clearing of chest radiographs and a rapid improvement in pulmonary function with ratios of partial pressure of O2 in arterial blood to the fraction of O2 in the inspired air rising into the normal range where they remained through the 20-h period of study. The studies indicate that pulmonary function in two models of severe meconium injury respond rapidly to BAL with dilute KL4-Surfactant.
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- C G Cochrane
- Department of Immunology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Zhu GF, Sun B, Niu SF, Cai YY, Lin K, Lindwall R, Robertson B. Combined surfactant therapy and inhaled nitric oxide in rabbits with oleic acid-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1998; 158:437-43. [PMID: 9700118 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.158.2.9711107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Intratracheal administration of surfactant and inhaled nitric oxide (INO) have had variable effects in clinical trials on patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). We hypothesized that combined treatment with exogenous surfactant and INO may have effects in experimental ARDS. After intravenous infusion of oleic acid in adult rabbits and 4-6 h of ventilation, there was more than a 40% reduction in both dynamic compliance (Cdyn) of the respiratory system and functional residual capacity (FRC), a 50% increment of respiratory resistance (Rrs), a 70% reduction in PaO2 /FIO2, and an increase in intrapulmonary shunting (Q S/Q T) from 4.4 to 33.5%. The animals were then allocated to groups receiving (1) neither surfactant nor INO (control), (2) 100 mg/kg of surfactant (S) administered intratracheally, (3) 20 ppm INO (NO), or (4) 100 mg/kg of surfactant and 20 ppm INO (SNO), and subsequently ventilated for 6 h. After the period of ventilation, the animal lungs were used for analysis of disaturated phosphatidylcholine (DSPC) and total proteins (TP) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), and for determination of alveolar volume density (VV). The animals in the control group had the lowest survival rate, and no improvement in lung mechanics and blood oxygenation, whereas those in the S group had a modest but statistically significant improvement in Cdyn, Rrs, PaO2 and FRC, reduced Q S/Q T, lowered minimum surface tension (gammamin) of BALF, and increased DSPC/ TP and alveolar VV. The NO group had increased PaO2 and reduced Q S/Q T. The SNO group showed improved Cdyn, Rrs, FRC, DSPC/TP, alveolar VV, and gammamin of BALF comparable to the S group, but there was a further increase in survival rate and PaO2, and additional reduction in Q S/Q T and TP in BALF. These results indicate that, in this animal model of ARDS, a combination of surfactant therapy and INO is more effective than either treatment alone.
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- G F Zhu
- Children's Hospital Research Institute; Department of Pulmonology, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai 200032, China
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Over the past 5 years, increasing understanding about the pathophysiology of meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) and the meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) has occurred. Many new therapies are being used in an attempt to prevent MAS and to treat the disorder. The authors review the current status of knowledge concerning the MSAF and MAS and management of these entities.
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- G M Cleary
- Department of Pediatrics, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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