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Lung and 'end organ' injury due to mechanical ventilation in animals: comparison between the prone and supine positions
INTRODUCTION: Use of the prone position in patients with acute lung injury improves their oxygenation. Most of these patients die from multisystem organ failure and not from hypoxia, however. Moreover, there is some evidence that the organ failure is caused by increased cell apoptosis. In the presen...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1550810/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16507176 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc4840 |
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author | Nakos, George Batistatou, Anna Galiatsou, Eftychia Konstanti, Eleonora Koulouras, Vassilios Kanavaros, Panayotis Doulis, Apostolos Kitsakos, Athanassios Karachaliou, Angeliki Lekka, Marilena E Bai, Maria |
author_facet | Nakos, George Batistatou, Anna Galiatsou, Eftychia Konstanti, Eleonora Koulouras, Vassilios Kanavaros, Panayotis Doulis, Apostolos Kitsakos, Athanassios Karachaliou, Angeliki Lekka, Marilena E Bai, Maria |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Use of the prone position in patients with acute lung injury improves their oxygenation. Most of these patients die from multisystem organ failure and not from hypoxia, however. Moreover, there is some evidence that the organ failure is caused by increased cell apoptosis. In the present study we therefore examined whether the position of the patients affects histological changes and apoptosis in the lung and 'end organs', including the brain, heart, diaphragm, liver, kidneys and small intestine. METHODS: Ten mechanically ventilated sheep with a tidal volume of 15 ml/kg body weight were studied for 90 minutes. Five sheep were placed in the supine position and five sheep were placed in the prone position during the experiment. Lung changes were analyzed histologically using a semiquantitative scoring system and the extent of apoptosis was investigated with the TUNEL method. RESULTS: In the supine position intra-alaveolar hemorrhage appeared predominantly in the dorsal areas, while the other histopathologic lesions were homogeneously distributed throughout the lungs. In the prone position, all histological changes were homogeneously distributed. A significantly higher score of lung injury was found in the supine position than in the prone position (4.63 ± 0.58 and 2.17 ± 0.19, respectively) (P < 0.0001). The histopathologic changes were accompanied by increased apoptosis (TUNEL method). In the supine position, the apoptotic index in the lung and in most of the 'end organs' was significantly higher compared with the prone position (all P < 0.005). Interestingly, the apoptotic index was higher in dorsal areas compared with ventral areas in both the prone and supine positions (P < 0.003 and P < 0.02, respectively). CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that the prone position appears to reduce the severity and the extent of lung injury, and is associated with decreased apoptosis in the lung and 'end organs'. |
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spelling | pubmed-15508102006-08-22 Lung and 'end organ' injury due to mechanical ventilation in animals: comparison between the prone and supine positions Nakos, George Batistatou, Anna Galiatsou, Eftychia Konstanti, Eleonora Koulouras, Vassilios Kanavaros, Panayotis Doulis, Apostolos Kitsakos, Athanassios Karachaliou, Angeliki Lekka, Marilena E Bai, Maria Crit Care Research INTRODUCTION: Use of the prone position in patients with acute lung injury improves their oxygenation. Most of these patients die from multisystem organ failure and not from hypoxia, however. Moreover, there is some evidence that the organ failure is caused by increased cell apoptosis. In the present study we therefore examined whether the position of the patients affects histological changes and apoptosis in the lung and 'end organs', including the brain, heart, diaphragm, liver, kidneys and small intestine. METHODS: Ten mechanically ventilated sheep with a tidal volume of 15 ml/kg body weight were studied for 90 minutes. Five sheep were placed in the supine position and five sheep were placed in the prone position during the experiment. Lung changes were analyzed histologically using a semiquantitative scoring system and the extent of apoptosis was investigated with the TUNEL method. RESULTS: In the supine position intra-alaveolar hemorrhage appeared predominantly in the dorsal areas, while the other histopathologic lesions were homogeneously distributed throughout the lungs. In the prone position, all histological changes were homogeneously distributed. A significantly higher score of lung injury was found in the supine position than in the prone position (4.63 ± 0.58 and 2.17 ± 0.19, respectively) (P < 0.0001). The histopathologic changes were accompanied by increased apoptosis (TUNEL method). In the supine position, the apoptotic index in the lung and in most of the 'end organs' was significantly higher compared with the prone position (all P < 0.005). Interestingly, the apoptotic index was higher in dorsal areas compared with ventral areas in both the prone and supine positions (P < 0.003 and P < 0.02, respectively). CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that the prone position appears to reduce the severity and the extent of lung injury, and is associated with decreased apoptosis in the lung and 'end organs'. BioMed Central 2006 2006-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC1550810/ /pubmed/16507176 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc4840 Text en Copyright © 2006 Nakos et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Nakos, George Batistatou, Anna Galiatsou, Eftychia Konstanti, Eleonora Koulouras, Vassilios Kanavaros, Panayotis Doulis, Apostolos Kitsakos, Athanassios Karachaliou, Angeliki Lekka, Marilena E Bai, Maria Lung and 'end organ' injury due to mechanical ventilation in animals: comparison between the prone and supine positions |
title | Lung and 'end organ' injury due to mechanical ventilation in animals: comparison between the prone and supine positions |
title_full | Lung and 'end organ' injury due to mechanical ventilation in animals: comparison between the prone and supine positions |
title_fullStr | Lung and 'end organ' injury due to mechanical ventilation in animals: comparison between the prone and supine positions |
title_full_unstemmed | Lung and 'end organ' injury due to mechanical ventilation in animals: comparison between the prone and supine positions |
title_short | Lung and 'end organ' injury due to mechanical ventilation in animals: comparison between the prone and supine positions |
title_sort | lung and 'end organ' injury due to mechanical ventilation in animals: comparison between the prone and supine positions |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1550810/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16507176 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc4840 |
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