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ArticleThe Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery2017

Airway pressure release ventilation during ex vivo lung perfusion attenuates injury.

J Hunter Mehaffey, Eric J Charles, Ashish K Sharma, Dustin T Money, Yunge Zhao, Mark H Stoler, Christine L Lau, Curtis G Tribble, Victor E Laubach, Mark E Roeser and 1 more

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Article in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Reduced-flow ex vivo lung perfusion to rehabilitate lungs donated after circulatory death.The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation · 2020
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  17. In vivo lung perfusion rehabilitates sepsis-induced lung injury.The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

J Hunter MehaffeyDepartment of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Eric J CharlesDepartment of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Ashish K SharmaDepartment of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Dustin T MoneyDepartment of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Yunge ZhaoDepartment of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Mark H StolerDepartment of Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Christine L LauDepartment of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Curtis G TribbleDepartment of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Victor E LaubachDepartment of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Mark E RoeserDepartment of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Irving L KronDepartment of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. Electronic address: ilk@virginia.edu.
University of Virginia · US

Funding

Cardiovascular Surgery Training ProgramT32HL007849 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI KRON, IRVING L., LAUBACH, VICTOR E · 1998 to 2025
$7.0M
Ex vivo perfusion in a lung box for rehabilitation of donor lungsR01HL119218 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI KRON, IRVING L., LAUBACH, VICTOR E · 2013 to 2017
$3.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL119218NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007849
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveCritical organ shortages have resulted in ex vivo lung perfusion gaining clinical acceptance for lung evaluation and rehabilitation to expand the use of donation after circulatory death organs for lung transplantation. We hypothesized that an innovative use of airway pressure release ventilation during ex vivo lung perfusion improves lung function after transplantation.

methodsTwo groups (n = 4 animals/group) of porcine donation after circulatory death donor lungs were procured after hypoxic cardiac arrest and a 2-hour period of warm ischemia, followed by a 4-hour period of ex vivo lung perfusion rehabilitation with standard conventional volume-based ventilation or pressure-based airway pressure release ventilation. Left lungs were subsequently transplanted into recipient animals and reperfused for 4 hours. Blood gases for partial pressure of oxygen/inspired oxygen fraction ratios, airway pressures for calculation of compliance, and percent wet weight gain during ex vivo lung perfusion and reperfusion were measured.

resultsAirway pressure release ventilation during ex vivo lung perfusion significantly improved left lung oxygenation at 2 hours (561.5 ± 83.9 mm Hg vs 341.1 ± 136.1 mm Hg) and 4 hours (569.1 ± 18.3 mm Hg vs 463.5 ± 78.4 mm Hg). Likewise, compliance was significantly higher at 2 hours (26.0 ± 5.2 mL/cm H

conclusionsPressure-directed airway pressure release ventilation strategy during ex vivo lung perfusion improves the rehabilitation of severely injured donation after circulatory death lungs. After transplant, these lungs demonstrate superior lung-specific oxygenation and dynamic compliance compared with lungs ventilated with standard conventional ventilation. This strategy, if implemented into clinical ex vivo lung perfusion protocols, could advance the field of donation after circulatory death lung rehabilitation to expand the lung donor pool.

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Continuous Positive Airway PressureRespirationAnimalsBarotraumaCytokinesFemaleGraft SurvivalLungLung ComplianceLung InjuryLung TransplantationMaleNeutrophil InfiltrationPerfusionPneumonectomyPressureCytokinesairway pressure release ventilationAPRVEVLPex vivo lung perfusionischemia reperfusionlung injurylung transplant

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PMID27742245
PMCPMC5164862
OpenAlexW2523037481

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