We gratefully acknowledge the excellent technical assistance of Birgit Brandt. This study was supported by a grant of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (FKZ 13GW0240A-D).

The experiments were conducted at the Department of Experimental Medicine, Charit&#233; - University Medicine, Berlin, Germany (certi&#64257;ed according to the EN DIN ISO 9001:2000) and were approved by the federal authorities for animal research in Berlin, Germany, prior to the experiments (G0229/18). The principles of laboratory animal care were used in all experiments and are in accordance with the guidelines of the European and German Society of Laboratory Animal Sciences.
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This article describes the induction of experimental ARDS in pigs combining surfactant depletion by repeated lung lavages and ventilation with high tidal volumes, low PEEP, and complete inflation/deflation of the lungs. This combination causes a reproducible and comparable deterioration in gas exchange and the resulting hemodynamic compromise but limits the recruitability of the lungs. Thus, this model mimics clinical ARDS with low recruitability and allows the investigation of new ventilation regimes.
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The mortality of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) remains high with values above 40%1 despite intensive research since its first description by Ashbough and Petty in 19672. Naturally, the investigation of novel therapeutic approaches is limited in the clinic due to ethical concerns and the lack of standardization of the underlying pathologies, ambient conditions, and co-medications, whereas animal models enable systematic research under standardized conditions.
Thus, experimental ARDS has been induced in either large animals (e.g., pigs) or small animals (e.g., rodents) using various methods such as pulmo-arterial infusion of oleic acid, intravenous (i.v.) infusion of bacteria and endotoxins, or cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) models causing sepsis-induced ARDS. In addition, direct lung injuries caused by burns and smoke inhalation or lung ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) are used3. One frequently used model of direct lung injury is surfactant depletion with lung lavages as first described by Lachmann et al. in guinea pigs4.
Surfactant depletion is a highly reproducible method that results rapidly in compromises in gas exchange and hemodynamics5. A major advantage is the possibility to apply surfactant depletion in large species which enable support research with clinically used mechanical ventilators, catheters, and monitors. However, a major disadvantage of the surfactant depletion model is the instant recruitment of atelectatic lung areas whenever high airway pressures or recruiting maneuvers, such as prone positioning, are applied. Thus, the model is not suitable to investigate, e.g., automated ventilation with high PEEP levels for prolonged times6. Yoshida et al. described a combination of surfactant depletion and ventilation with high inspiratory airway pressures to induce&#160;experimental ARDS7, but their model requires an elaborate maintenance of partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) in a predefined corridor via repeated blood gas sampling and adjustment of the driving pressure according to a sliding table of inspiratory pressure and PEEP.
Overall, a model with an overly aggressive injurious ventilation or a laborious, repeated adjustment of the ventilation regime can result in structural damage of the lungs, which is too severe and results in subsequent multiple organ failure. Thus, this article provides a detailed description of an easily feasible model of surfactant depletion plus injurious ventilation with high Tv/low PEEP for induction of experimental ARDS, which supports research with clinically used ventilation parameters for prolonged periods.

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surfactant depletion combined with injurious ventilation results in a reproducible model of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ards)

Various animal models exist to study the complex pathomechanisms of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). These models include pulmo-arterial infusion of oleic acid, infusion of endotoxins or bacteria, cecal ligation and puncture, various pneumonia models, lung ischemia/reperfusion models and, of course, surfactant depletion models, among others. Surfactant depletion produces a rapid, reproducible deterioration of pulmonary gas exchange and hemodynamics and can be induced in anesthetized pigs using repeated lung lavages with 0.9% saline (35 mL/kg body weight, 37 &#176;C). The surfactant depletion model supports investigations with standard respiratory and hemodynamic monitoring with clinically applied devices. But the model suffers from a relatively high recruitability and ventilation with high airway pressures can immediately reduce the severity of the injury by reopening atelectatic lung areas. Thus, this model is not suitable for investigations of ventilator regimes that use high airway pressures. A combination of surfactant depletion and injurious ventilation with high tidal volume/low positive end-expiratory pressure (high Tv/low PEEP) to cause ventilator induced lung injury (VILI) will reduce the recruitability of the resulting lung injury. The advantages of a timely induction and the possibility to perform experimental research in a setting comparable to an intensive care unit are preserved.

The PaO2/FIO2-ratio decreased during surfactant washout in all animals (Figure 3). The resulting hypoxemia, hypercapnia, and atelectasis caused an increase in pulmonary artery pressure. The details of the lung lavages are already described elsewhere6.
The surfactant depletion was repeated until the PaO2/FIO2 ratio remained below 100 mmHg despite mechanic...

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Surfactant Depletion Combined with Injurious Ventilation Results in a Reproducible Model of the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ARDS

A combination of surfactant washout using 0.9% saline (35 mL/kg body weight, 37 &#176;C) and high tidal volume ventilation with low PEEP to cause moderate ventilator induced lung injury (VILI) results in experimental acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). This method provides a model of lung injury with low/limited recruitability to study the effect of various ventilation strategies for extended periods.

Surfactant Depletion Combined with Injurious Ventilation Results in a Reproducible Model of the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Various animal models exist to study the complex pathomechanisms of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). These models include pulmo-arterial ...

The combination of surfactant wash-out with injurious ventilation reduces the recruitability of the lung injury as compared to models with exclusive surfactant wash-out. The model is reproducible and does not require additional techniques. Furthermore, a two-hit model closely mimics the realistic clinical situation.The low recruitability of this model supports the experimental investigation of new ventilation strategies, paving the way for the translation of experimental lung research into clinical practice. To begin, set the mechanical ventilation parameters as described in the text manuscript, and target an end expiratory partial pressure of carbon dioxide of 35 to 40 millimeters of mercury and an oxygen saturation above 95%Use a continuous intravenous infusion of thiopentone and fentanyl to maintain the anesthesia, and administer a muscle relaxant if required. Cannulate the external jugular vein with a central venous catheter, and insert the introducer sheath of the pulmonary arterial catheter into the same vein.Then, cannulate the femoral artery for invasive blood pressure monitoring. Calibrate the transducers against the atmosphere, which is zero millimeters of mercury and 200 millimeters of mercury for the arterial line, and 50 millimeters of mercury for the central venous line, and start monitoring by connecting them to the arterial catheter and the central venous line. Connect the pulmonary artery catheter to the pressure transducer system and calibrate the transducer against the atmosphere and 100 millimeters of mercury.Then, introduce the pulmonary artery catheter through the introducer sheath with a deflated balloon for 10 to 15 centimeters, depending on the sheath length. Once the balloon has left the sheath, inflate it and advance the pulmonary artery catheter further while monitoring the pressure. Push the pulmonary artery catheter forward when the right atrium, the right ventricle, and the pulmonary artery pressure waves appear on the monitor, and stop when the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure wave is seen.Then, record the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure at end expiration and deflate the balloon. Calculate the pressure parameters described in the text manuscript, and record the required respiratory settings and measurements to complete the dataset. Ventilate the animal with a fraction of inspired oxygen of one, then disconnect the animal from the ventilator.Fill the lungs with pre-warmed saline using a funnel connected to the endotracheal tube. Stop if the mean arterial pressure decreases below 50 millimeters of mercury. Drain the lavage fluid by lowering the funnel to the ground level, and monitor the wave.Reconnect to the animal to the ventilator for oxygenation and wait until the animal recuperates, then repeat lavages until the Horowitz index decreases below 100 millimeters of mercury for at least five minutes at a fraction of inspired oxygen of one, and a positive end expiratory pressure above five millibar. Take an arterial blood gas sample after five minutes following each lavage. Keep the fraction of inspired oxygen at one, and set the ventilator on the volume-guaranteed, pressure-controlled ventilation mode.Increase the alarm threshold for peak inspiratory pressure to 60 millibar. Lower the respiratory rate, and set the inspiration-to-expiration ratio, then increase the tidal volume slowly up to 17 milliliters per kilogram body weight over at least two minutes. Do not increase the tidal volume further if an inspiratory pressure of 60 millibar is reached.Reduce the positive end expository pressure to two millibar and ventilate the animal for up to two hours. The Horowitz index decreased during the surfactant washout in all animals, but the recruitment maneuver resulted in a notable increase in oxygenation after the surfactant wash-out. The injurious ventilation of two hours diminished lung recruitability with respect to gas exchange and the mean pulmonary arterial pressure.The gas exchange parameters were improved with high tidal volumes due to the cyclic recruitment, while mean pulmonary arterial pressure was elevated due to high intrathoracic pressures and hypercapnia. Computer tomographic imaging of the lungs showed extensive atelectasis of the dependent areas of the lung during the ventilation, with a positive end expiratory pressure of six millibar, which resolved largely when the ventilation was escalated to a positive end expiratory pressure of 15 millibar. However, the substantial ubiquitous ground glass opacities did not resolve.The alveolar opacities observed with a positive end expiratory pressure of 15 millibar indicated structural damage of the lungs. They were also observed in the post-mortem examination of the lungs. When attempting this protocol, it is important to adjust the duration of injurious ventilation because structural lung damage cannot be recruited, and an animal might die prematurely if the injury is too extensive.The combination of surfactant depletion and injurious ventilation supports the investigation of therapies resulting in fast recruitment of atelectatic lung regions, such as ventilation modes with high ventilatory pressures.

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3.3K visualizações.  Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine,  Campus Charité Mitte and Campus Virchow-Klinikum. A combinação de lavagem surfactante com ventilação prejudicial reduz a capacidade de recrutamento da lesão pulmonar em comparação com modelos com lavagem exclusiva de surfactante. O modelo é reproduzível e não requer técnicas adicionais. Além disso, um modelo de dois hits imita de perto a situação clínica realista.A baixa capacidade de recrutamento desse modelo apoia a investigação experimental de novas estratégias de ventilação, abrindo caminho para a tradução da...