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The hazardous effects of alveolar hypocapnia on lung mechanics during weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass

Department of Anesthesiology, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul

Belhhan Akpinar

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, belh{at}turk.net

Ug'ur Özbek

Department of Anesthesiology, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul

Emine Cakali

Department of Anesthesiology, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul

Ülkü Pekcan

Department of Anesthesiology, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul

Füsun Bulutçu

Department of Anesthesiology, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul

Bingür Sönmez

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul

The bronchoconstrictive effects of alveolar hypocapnia during weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) were investigated in patients undergoing elective coronary artery revascularization. Thirty patients were randomly assigned into two equal groups. In both groups, mechanical ventilation was initiated for 3 min prior to weaning from CPB with the venous pressure low. This kept the pulmonary vascular bed empty, resulting in alveolar hypocapnia (ETCO₂ < 2 kPa). Peak airway pressure (P _peak) and plateau pressures (P _plateau) were recorded. In group 1, 5% CO₂ was added to the inspiratory gas mixture and the ETCO₂ allowed to rise (ETCO₂ > 3.3 kPa). The ventilation pressure measurements were recorded again after 3 min stabilization. In group 2, the venous pressure was increased to allow the pulmonary venous bed to fill and the ventilation pressures recorded after a 3 min period of stabilization.

In group 1, the ventilatory pressures dropped significantly (p < 0.001) when the alveolar hypocapnia was reversed with added CO₂ (P _peak 19.71 ± 5.7 to 12.31 ± 2.8 cmH₂O and P _plateau 13.15 ± 3.28 to 9.15 ± 2.23 cmH₂O). In group 2, a similar effect was achieved by allowing filling of the pulmonary vascular bed (P _peak 17.46 ± 4.72 to 11.92 ± 3.03 cmH₂O and P _plateau 13.93 ± 4.10 to 9.37 ± 3.00 cmH₂O).

These results suggest that filling the pulmonary vascular bed prior to initiating ventilation, when weaning from CPB, prevents the otherwise deleterious effects of alveolar hypocapnia, resulting in raised bronchomotor tonus and raised airway pressures.

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