• Department of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese PLA General Hospital. Beijing, 100853, China;
XIE Lixin, Email: xielx@301hospital.com.cn
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Objective  To investigate the effects of vaporized perfluorocarbon( PFC) inhalation on histopathology of lung, small intestine, liver and kidney of acute lung-injured rabbits. Methods  Eighteen New Zealand rabbits were randomly divided into 3 groups, ie. a conventional mechanical ventilation( CMV)group, a PFC group, and a control group. The rabbits were mechanical ventilated and intratracheally infused artificial seawater to induce acute lung injury. After ALI was established( PaO2 /FiO2  lt; 200 mm Hg) , the CMV group received CMV for 6 hours. The PFC group received PFC inhalation for 2 hours, and followed by CMV for 4 hours. And the control group was weaned from ventilation. Then they were sacrificed for histopathological measurement of lung, small intestine, liver and kidney. Results  The rabbits in the control group died in 15 minutes after discontinuation of ventilation. Vaporized PFC inhalation can obviously improve oxygenation and attenuate the damage of the lung in contrast to CMV. Mild improvement was observed in small intestine, liver and kidney after vaporized PFC inhalation, but without statistical significance. Conclusion  Vaporized PFC inhalation can improve oxygenation and attenuate lung injury in histopathology,but have no apparent protective effects on extra-pulmonary organs.

Citation: HAN Bingchao,XIE Lixin,ZHAO Xiaowei,HUANG Xian.. Effects of Vaporized Perfluorocarbon Inhalation on Histopathology of Lung and Extra-Pulmonary Organs in Rabbits with Acute Lung Injury. Chinese Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2009, 09(2): 171-175. doi: Copy

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