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Table 1 Respiratory parameters

From: Comparison between effects of pressure support and pressure-controlled ventilation on lung and diaphragmatic damage in experimental emphysema

Parameter

Group

T0

T2

T4

Time effect

Group effect

Interaction

V T (mL.kg−1)

Control

PCV

5.9 ± 0.4

5.7 ± 0.5

5.7 ± 0.5

ns

ns

ns

PSV

6.5 ± 0.9

6.6 ± 1.0

6.6 ± 0.7

Emphysema

PCV

6.0 ± 1.0

5.9 ± 0.6

6.1 ± 0.5

PSV

6.1 ± 1.1

6.3 ± 1.1

6.3 ± 1.1

RR (breaths.min−1)

Control

PCV

62.1 ± 4.7

62.1 ± 4.6

62.2 ± 4.5

p < 0.05

p < 0.001

p < 0.05

PSV

39.8 ± 4.9*

44.9 ± 5.6*

54.6 ± 12.7

Emphysema

PCV

59.5 ± 4.0

60.8 ± 2.9

59.8 ± 3.5

PSV

56.7 ± 10.8**

52.9 ± 7.8

62.0 ± 11.0

Ti/Ttot (s)

Control

PCV

0.35 ± 0.00

0.35 ± 0.01

0.35 ± 0.00

ns

p < 0.05

ns

PSV

0.31 ± 0.10

0.31 ± 0.07

0.32 ± 0.05

Emphysema

PCV

0.35 ± 0.00

0.35 ± 0.00

0.35 ± 0.01

PSV

0.29 ± 0.05

0.27 ± 0.02***

0.31 ± 0.06

Ppeak,L (cmH2O)

Control

PCV

10.8 ± 1.9

11.2 ± 1.5

12.1 ± 1.4

ns

p < 0.01

p < 0.05

PSV

12.6 ± 1.8

13.0 ± 2.2

12.3 ± 3.1

Emphysema

PCV

11.3 ± 1.5

12.2 ± 1.5

13.5 ± 1.3

PSV

15.9 ± 2.0**, ***

15.7 ± 1.7

14.3 ± 2.3

Pmean,L (cmH2O)

Control

PCV

5.8 ± 0.7

5.8 ± 06

6.3 ± 0.4

p < 0.05

p < 0.001

ns

PSV

4.8 ± 0.6

5.1 ± 0.6

5.0 ± 0.7*

Emphysema

PCV

5.9 ± 0.6

6.2 ± 0.6

6.7 ± 0.4

PSV

5.8 ± 0.6**

5.5 ± 0.4

5.3 ± 0.5***

PTP/min (cmH2O.s.min−1)

Control

PCV

ns

ns

ns

PSV

13.9 ± 13.3

14.8 ± 12.5

17.5 ± 17.8

Emphysema

PCV

PSV

18.5 ± 15.0

14.9 ± 13.5

30.4 ± 14.3

P 0.1 (cmH2O)

Control

PCV

ns

ns

ns

PSV

−1.03 ± 0.93

−1.25 ± 0.90

−1.48 ± 0.83

Emphysema

PCV

PSV

−1.47 ± 0.97

−1.47 ± 1.20

−2.49 ± 1.41

CV of V T (%)

Control

PCV

0.8 ± 0.6

2.1 ± 1.8

2.7 ± 3.7

ns

p < 0.0001

ns

PSV

6.4 ± 3.9

8.0 ± 4.6*

9.5 ± 3.5*

Emphysema

PCV

1.9 ± 1.5

2.2 ± 1.5

2.4 ± 1.6

PSV

6.0 ± 3.1

7.2 ± 4.5

7.7 ± 7.3

CV of RR (%)

Control

PCV

0.7 ± 0.0

1.3 ± 0.0

2.4 ± 0.0

ns

p < 0.001

ns

PSV

49.5 ± 0.3*

48.0 ± 0.4*

34.7 ± 0.2*

Emphysema

PCV

0.6 ± 0.0

0.6 ± 0.0

1.3 ± 0.0

PSV

21.0 ± 0.2**, ***

20.9 ± 0.1**, ***

18.4 ± 0.1**, ***

CV of Ti/Ttot (%)

Control

PCV

1.3 ± 0.5

1.6 ± 0.7

1.8 ± 0.7

ns

p < 0.0001

ns

PSV

30.0 ± 7.7*

27.6 ± 11.3*

24.1 ± 8.7*

Emphysema

PCV

0.9 ± 0.3

1.3 ± 0.6

1.6 ± 0.9

PSV

17.0 ± 9.7**, ***

20.2 ± 10.2***

18.8 ± 7.1***

  1. Values are means ± SD of 6 animals
  2. PCV pressure-controlled ventilation, PSV pressure support ventilation, V T tidal volume, CV of V T coefficient of variation of tidal volume, RR respiratory rate, CV of RR coefficient of variation of respiratory rate, Ti/Ttot inspiratory time divided by total respiratory cycle time, CV of Ti/Ttot coefficient of variation on inspiratory time divided by total respiratory cycle time, Ppeak,L transpulmonary peak pressure, Pmean,L transpulmonary mean pressure, PTP/min pressure–time product per minute, P 0.1 esophageal pressure generated 100 ms after onset of inspiratory effort
  3. *Significantly different from control-PCV (p < 0.05); **significantly different from Control-PSV (p < 0.05); ***significantly different from emphysema-PCV (p < 0.05)