Protective effect of therapeutic hypercapnia on lung during one-lung ventilation in patients undergoing pulmonary Iobectomy / 中华麻醉学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the protective effect of therapeutic hypercapnia on the lung during one-lung ventilation (OLV) in the patients undergoing pulmonary lobectomy.Methods Fifty patients of both sexes,aged 20-60 yr,with body mass index 18-30 kg/m2,of American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status Ⅱ,scheduled for elective pulmonary lobectomy,were randomly divided into 2 groups (n=25 each) using a random number tablecontrol group (group C) and therapeutic hypercapnia group (group H).After induction of general anesthesia,the patients were endotracheally intubated and mechanically ventilated in volume-controlled mode.The ventilator settings were adjusted during two-lung ventilation to maintain the end-tidal pressure of carbon dioxide (PETCO2) at 25-35 mmHg.Group H inhaled the mixture of CO2 (3％-6％) and O2 (70％-82％) during OLV to maintain PETCO2 at 50-60 mmHg.Group C inhaled O2 (70％-88％) during OLV to maintain PETCO2 at 25-35 mmHg.Anesthesia was maintained with inhalation of sevoflurane and intravenous infusion of remifentanil.Immediately before OLV and at 30 min after restoration of two-lung ventilation,the airway peak pressure,airway plateau pressure and lung compliance were recorded,arterial blood samples were collected for blood gas analysis,and broncho-alveolar lavage fluid (BALF) from the collapsed lung and venous blood samples were collected for determination of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α),interleukin-1beta (IL-1β),IL-6,IL-8 and IL-10 concentrations in BALF and serum by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.Oxygenation index was calculated.Results Compared with group C,the airway peak pressure and airway plateau pressure were significantly decreased,the lung compliance was significantly increased,the concentrations of TNF-α,IL-1β,IL-6 and IL-8 in BALF were significantly decreased,and the concentrations of IL-10 in BALF were significantly increased at 30 min after restoration of two-lung ventilation (P＜0.05),and no significant change was found in the oxygenation index and concentrations of inflammatory factors in serum in group H (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion Therapeutic hypercapnia can improve pneumodynamics and attenuate inflammatory responses,and has no significant difference clinically in improving oxygenation during OLV in the patients undergoing pulmonary lobectomy.