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  • Title: Tidal volume effects on surfactant treatment responses with the initiation of ventilation in preterm lambs.
    Author: Wada K, Jobe AH, Ikegami M.
    Journal: J Appl Physiol (1985); 1997 Oct; 83(4):1054-61. PubMed ID: 9338410.
    Abstract:
    We hypothesized that initiation of ventilation in preterm lambs with high volumes would cause lung injury and decrease the subsequent response to surfactant treatment. Preterm lambs were randomized to ventilation for 30 min after birth with 5 ml/kg (VT5), 10 ml/kg (VT10), or 20 ml/kg (VT20) tidal volumes and then ventilated with approximately 10 ml/kg tidal volumes to achieve arterial PCO2 values of approximately 50 Torr to 6 h of age. VT20 lambs had lower compliances, lower ventilatory efficiencies, higher recoveries of protein, and lower recoveries of surfactant in alveolar lavages and in surfactant that had decreased compliances when tested in preterm rabbits than VT5 or VT10 lambs. Other lambs randomized to treatment with surfactant at birth and ventilation with 6, 12, or 20 ml/kg tidal volumes for 30 min had no indicators of lung injury. An initial tidal volume of 20 ml/kg decreased the subsequent response to surfactant treatment, an effect that was prevented with surfactant treatment at birth.
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