Variable ventilation decreases airway responsiveness and improves ventilation efficiency in a rat model of asthma

Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology
Fatemeh IlkaMohammad Reza Raoufy

Abstract

The optimal ventilation strategy in patients receiving mechanical ventilation for severe asthma remains unclear. The effect of conventional ventilation (with constant tidal volume and respiratory rate) and variable ventilation (with the same average but variable tidal volume and respiratory rate) on peak airway pressure and airway exacerbation induced by increasing doses of methacholine was compared in a rat model of asthma. The respiratory rate and tidal volume data were obtained from a spontaneously breathing intact rat during immobility using a whole-body plethysmograph. Peak airway pressure and airway responsiveness to cumulative doses of methacholine were significantly affected by ventilation mode and they were lower in variable ventilation group than in the conventional ventilation group. Also, variable ventilation improved oxygen saturation compared to conventional ventilation. Our results indicate that variable ventilation decreases airway responsiveness and enhances ventilation efficiency in a rat model of asthma. We suggest further investigations on beneficial effects of variable ventilation strategy in mechanically ventilated patients with severe asthma.

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Oct 20, 2020·British Journal of Anaesthesia·André Dos Santos RochaWalid Habre

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