DEPRESSION OF CARDIAC-OUTPUT IS A MECHANISM OF SHUNT REDUCTION IN THE THERAPY OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY-FAILURE
DEPRESSION OF CARDIAC-OUTPUT IS A MECHANISM OF SHUNT REDUCTION IN THE THERAPY OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY-FAILURE
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DOI:
10.1378/chest.77.5.636
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
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影响因子:
9.6
通讯作者:
WEG, JG
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作者:
DANTZKER, DR;LYNCH, JP;WEG, JG
The relationship between changes in cardiac output and intrapulmonary shunt associated with mechanical ventilation was evaluated in 20 patients with the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The distribution of ventilation-perfusion (.ovrhdot.VA/.ovrhdot.Q) ratios and the level of intrapulmonary shunt were determined by the multiple inert gas technique. Pulmonary blood flow was distributed predominantly to effective gas-exchanging units or shunt units. Positive and end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) or high tidal volume ventilation led to decreases in shunt and cardiac output without altering the overall pattern of .ovrhdot.VA/.ovrhdot.Q distributions. Changes in shunt and cardiac output were quantitatively and qualitatively similar and a strong correlation was found between changes in shunt and cardiac output with PEEP and high tidal volumes (r [correlation coefficient] = 0.76). Cardiac output depression associated with these modes of ventilation appears to be a mechanism of shunt reduction in ARDS. Interpretation of improvements in gas exchange in ARDS must consider concomitant hemodynamic changes.