Open chest and pericardium facilitate transpulmonary passage of venous air emboli.
air embolism
animal model
echocardiography
open thorax
thoracotomy
Journal
Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
ISSN: 1399-6576
Titre abrégé: Acta Anaesthesiol Scand
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0370270
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 2021
05 2021
Historique:
revised:
30
12
2020
received:
05
05
2020
accepted:
03
02
2021
pubmed:
18
2
2021
medline:
16
10
2021
entrez:
17
2
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Transpulmonary passage of air emboli can lead to fatal brain- and myocardial infarctions. We studied whether pigs with open chest and pericardium had a greater transpulmonary passage of venous air emboli than pigs with closed thorax. We allocated pigs with verified closed foramen ovale to venous air infusion with either open chest with sternotomy and opening of the pleura and pericardium (n = 8) or closed thorax (n = 16). All pigs received a five-hour intravenous infusion of ambient air, starting at 4-6 mL/kg/h and increased by 2 mL/kg/h each hour. We assessed transpulmonary air passage by transesophageal M-mode echocardiography and present the results as median with inter-quartile range (IQR). Transpulmonary air passage occurred in all pigs with open chest and pericardium and in nine pigs with closed thorax (56%). Compared to pigs with closed thorax, pigs with open chest and pericardium had a shorter to air passage (10 minutes (5-16) vs. 120 minutes (44-212), P < .0001), a smaller volume of infused air at the time of transpulmonary passage (12 mL (10-23) vs.170 mL (107-494), P < .0001), shorter time to death (122 minutes (48-185) vs 263 minutes (248-300, P = .0005) and a smaller volume of infused air at the time of death (264 mL (53-466) vs 727 mL (564-968), P = .001). In pigs with open chest and, infused air and time to death correlated strongly (r = 0.95, P = .001). Open chest and pericardium facilitated the transpulmonary passage of intravenously infused air in pigs.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Transpulmonary passage of air emboli can lead to fatal brain- and myocardial infarctions. We studied whether pigs with open chest and pericardium had a greater transpulmonary passage of venous air emboli than pigs with closed thorax.
METHODS
We allocated pigs with verified closed foramen ovale to venous air infusion with either open chest with sternotomy and opening of the pleura and pericardium (n = 8) or closed thorax (n = 16). All pigs received a five-hour intravenous infusion of ambient air, starting at 4-6 mL/kg/h and increased by 2 mL/kg/h each hour. We assessed transpulmonary air passage by transesophageal M-mode echocardiography and present the results as median with inter-quartile range (IQR).
RESULTS
Transpulmonary air passage occurred in all pigs with open chest and pericardium and in nine pigs with closed thorax (56%). Compared to pigs with closed thorax, pigs with open chest and pericardium had a shorter to air passage (10 minutes (5-16) vs. 120 minutes (44-212), P < .0001), a smaller volume of infused air at the time of transpulmonary passage (12 mL (10-23) vs.170 mL (107-494), P < .0001), shorter time to death (122 minutes (48-185) vs 263 minutes (248-300, P = .0005) and a smaller volume of infused air at the time of death (264 mL (53-466) vs 727 mL (564-968), P = .001). In pigs with open chest and, infused air and time to death correlated strongly (r = 0.95, P = .001).
CONCLUSION
Open chest and pericardium facilitated the transpulmonary passage of intravenously infused air in pigs.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
648-655Informations de copyright
© 2021 The Authors. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica Foundation.
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