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Table 1

From: The detrimental effects of recruitment maneuvers on mucus clearance in an animal model of primary ards

 

Baseline

Extended sigh

Maximal recruitment strategy

Sustained inflation

Sudden increase driving pressure and PEEP

P-value

Mucus Clearance (mm/min)

2.2 ± 2.4

0.3 ± 0.9

-0.2 ± 0.9

-0.3 ± 0.6

-0.1 ± 0.7

0.021

Incidence of mucus moving toward lungs (%)

0

50.0

57.1

80.0

57.1

0.013

Respiratory System Elastance After-Before recruitment maneuver (cm H20/L)

NA

-5.8 ± 3.5

-9.0 ± 8.9

-4.1 ± 3.1

-3.6 ± 3.9

0.124

Pa02/FI02 After-Before recruitment maneuver (mmHg)

NA

4.1 ± 63.1

2.8 ± 45.8

13.6 ± 42.3

-2.2 ± 41.6

0.937

PaC02 After-Before recruitment maneuver (mmHg)

NA

6.9 ± 7.8

3.9 ± 7.4

6.7 ± 13.6

1.8 ± 4.0

0.616

  1. [Effects of recruitment maneuvers]