SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF FUROSEMIDE ON LUNG-FUNCTION IN INFANTS WITH BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA
SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF FUROSEMIDE ON LUNG-FUNCTION IN INFANTS WITH BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA
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DOI:
10.1016/s0022-3476(86)80295-5
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发表时间:
1986-12-01
影响因子:
5.1
通讯作者:
HAZINSKI, TA
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作者:
ENGELHARDT, B;ELLIOTT, S;HAZINSKI, TA
Although furosemide improves lung mechanics in some infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), this may not be important unless gas exchange also improves. To determine the relationship between improvement in mechanics and improvement in gas exchange, the short- and long-term effects of furosemide therapy were studied in 16 spontaneously breathing infants with severe BPD who were both oxygen dependent and hypercarbic (mean PCO254 .+-. 11 torr). Each infant was examined at least three times: before furosemide therapy, 1 hour after the first dose of furosemide, and after a 6- to 10-day course. Ten of the 16 infants were also examined three times during a 7-day control period. Transcutaneous PO2 and PCO2, esophageal pressure, air flow, and tidal volume were measured. Pulmonary resistance, lung compliance, and the alveolar to skin PO2 difference were calculated. After a single dose of furosemide, only compliance significantly improved. After prolonged therapy, compliance, resistance, and oxygenation significantly improved in the group as a whole, but better oxygenation was achieved in only 6 of 16 infants. tcPCO2 was unaffected by long-term furosemide therapy, but in all infants with decreased tcPCO2 1 hour after a single dose, there was sustained decrease in PCO2 after prolonged therapy. Changes in gas exchange were not explained by changes in lung mechanics. These data indicate that long-term diuretic therapy can improve the mechanical properties of the lungs of spontaneously breathing infants with BPD, but that gas exchange is usually unaffected.