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ArticleCritical care (London, England)2014

Lung protection during non-invasive synchronized assist versus volume control in rabbits.

Lucia Mirabella, Giacomo Grasselli, Jack J Haitsma, Haibo Zhang, Arthur S Slutsky, Christer Sinderby, Jennifer Beck

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Article in Critical care (London, England), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Diaphragm-triggered non-invasive respiratory support in preterm infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
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  2. A non-invasive diagnostic tool for the assessment of optimal positive-end expiratory pressure (PEEPJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Lucia Mirabella
Giacomo Grasselli
Jack J Haitsma
Haibo Zhang
Arthur S Slutsky
Christer Sinderby
Jennifer Beck
St. Michael's Hospital · CAAzienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo · ITUniversity of Foggia · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionExperimental work provides insight into potential lung protective strategies. The objective of this study was to evaluate markers of ventilator-induced lung injury after two different ventilation approaches: (1) a "conventional" lung-protective strategy (volume control (VC) with low tidal volume, positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and paralysis), (2) a physiological approach with spontaneous breathing, permitting synchrony, variability and a liberated airway. For this, we used non-invasive Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist (NIV-NAVA), with the hypothesis that liberation of upper airways and the ventilator's integration with lung protective reflexes would be equally lung protective.

methodsIn this controlled and randomized in vivo laboratory study, 25 adult White New Zealand rabbits were studied, including five non-ventilated control animals. The twenty animals with aspiration-induced lung injury were randomized to ventilation with either VC (6 mL/kg, PEEP 5 cm H2O, and paralysis) or NIV-NAVA for six hours (PEEP = zero because of leaks). Markers of lung function, lung injury, vital signs and ventilator parameters were assessed.

resultsAt the end of six hours of ventilation (n = 20), there were no significant differences between VC and NIV-NAVA for vital signs, PaO2/FiO2 ratio, lung wet-to-dry ratio and broncho-alveolar Interleukin 8 (Il-8). Plasma IL-8 was higher in VC (P <0.05). Lung injury score was lower for NIV-NAVA (P = 0.03). Dynamic lung compliance recovered after six hours in NIV-NAVA but not in VC (P <0.05). During VC, peak pressures increased from 9.2 ± 2.4 cm H2O (hour 1) to 12.3 ± 12.3 cm H2O (hour 6) (P <0.05). During NIV-NAVA, the tracheal end-expiratory pressure was similar to the end-expiratory pressure during VC. Two animals regurgitated during NIV-NAVA, without clinical consequences, and survived the protocol.

conclusionsIn experimental acute lung injury, NIV-NAVA is as lung-protective as VC 6 ml/kg with PEEP.

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Acute Lung InjuryAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalLungPositive-Pressure RespirationRabbitsRandom AllocationRespirationTidal VolumeVentilator-Induced Lung Injury

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PMID24456613
PMCPMC4057206
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