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INTRODUCTION
Approximately 23,000 of the 1.25 million victims of thermal injury in the United States suffer concomitant injury from inhalation of smoke (1). Smoke inhalation injury continues to complicate burn management. Inhalation injury alone increased mortality by a maximum of 20%, and approximately 30% of burn patients with inhalation injury die (2–4). The trauma caused by combined burn and smoke inhalation injury commonly results in a rapid pathophysiological response by the lung, an exaggerated inflammatory cascade, and acute lung injury (ALI) (5). Mortality in combined smoke inhalation injury and burn remains high despite effective fluid resuscitation, respiratory management, and early wound excision. Decreased antioxidant activity and increased lipid peroxidation in the lung, after smoke inhalation, may reflect the degree of injury and mortality (6, 7).
Combined burn and smoke inhalation injury is typically associated with increased concentrations of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) in the lung (5, 8). Reactive species can react with proteins, DNA, carbohydrates, and lipids in a destructive manner that results in oxidative stress (9). Reactive oxygen species include free radicals such as superoxide (O2−) and hydroxyl (OH•) radicals and the nonradical molecule hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Reactive nitrogen species include peroxynitrite (ONOO−), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and nitric oxide (NO). Reactive nitrogen species have been shown to modify cysteine and tyrosine residues (10,11). Products of RNS such as lung 3-nitrotyrosine, lung DNP-derivatized protein, lung-inducible NO synthase, and plasma nitrates/nitrites significantly increase after burn and smoke inhalation injury in the ovine model (12–14). Lung interleukin 8 expression significantly increases, and PaO2/FIO2 ratios are significantly decreased after injury (13).
Antioxidants, such as vitamin E, attenuate the damage from oxidative and nitrosative stress. α-Tocopherol (a-T) is the major chain-breaking antioxidant in biological membranes. The term vitamin E includes four tocopherols (α-, β-, γ-, and δ-) and four tocotrienols (α-, β-, γ -, and δ-) (15, 16). The different forms of vitamin E vary in the number and location of the ring methyl substituents on the chromanol ring (16). The two principal vitamin E forms found in human and animal diets are a-T and γ-tocopherol (g-T) (17). α-Tocopherol is an ROS scavenger, and g-T scavenges both ROS and RNS, thus is a more effective radical scavenger (18).
The pulmonary function and pathophysiology of ALI secondary to burn and smoke inhalation have been well studied in our large animal model, particularly within 48 h after injury (19–24). In our previous studies, we have demonstrated that after burn and smoke inhalation injury in the ovine model, most of the oxidative and nitrosative damage occurred in the lung (21). After 48 h, we found that the bronchopulmonary damage from the injury preceded the systemic injury (21) and that the animals showed signs of acute respiratory distress syndrome, including deteriorated gas exchange, massive airway obstruction, pulmonary edema, and excessive production of ROS and RNS. α-Tocopherol nebulization into the airway minimized these injuries (25). However, there are few studies that focus on the recovery phase of pulmonary function after burn and smoke inhalation (25). To evaluate the outcomes of specific therapies, their effects in the late and recovery stages of the lung must be demonstrated.
The mechanisms that induce pulmonary pathophysiology in burned patients are unknown. To date, there are no studies that report the relationship between pulmonary pathophysiology and nitrosative stress in large animals after burn and inhalation injury, after 96 h. The well-established ovine model is clinically relevant because of similarities between human and ovine pulmonary physiology. We hypothesized that pulmonary changes associated with the acute phase of burn and smoke inhalation injury were caused by increased oxidative and nitrosative stress and that these would be ameliorated by g-T nebulization.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Animal care and use
This study was approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee of the University of Texas Medical Branch and conducted in compliance with the guidelines of the National Institutes of Health and of the American Physiology Society for the care and use of laboratory animals. The studies were completed at University of Texas Medical Branch’s Investigative Intensive Care Unit, which is accredited by the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care.
Animal model
The acute, 24- to 96-h model of this burn and inhalation injury has previously been described in detail (24). The animals in the current 96-h study were prepared in a similar manner. Briefly, 14 adult female Merino sheep (body weight, 30–40 kg) were surgically prepared under isoflurane anesthesia with a right femoral artery catheter (Intracath, 16-gauge, 24 inches; Becton Dickinson Vascular Access, Sandy, Utah), a thermodilution catheter (model 131F7; Edwards Lifesciences LLC, Irvine, Calif), and a left atrial catheter (0.062-in internal diameter, 0.125-in outer diameter; Dow Corning, Midland, Mich). After a 7-day recovery period with free access to food and water, sheep were randomly divided into two groups: control (injured, nebulized with ethanol; n = 5) and g-T (injured, nebulized with g-T; n = 6). All animals were killed after 96 h.
Burn and smoke inhalation injury
Animals were anesthetized with isoflurane and given flame burn (40% total body surface area [TBSA], third degree) and inhalation injury (48 breaths of cotton smoke, <40°C). The arterial carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) level was determined immediately after the smoke inhalation. The animals were excluded if the highest arterial COHb was less than 60% or greater than 90% or if the temperature of insufflated smoke exceeded 40°C. After the burn and smoke inhalation injury, all sheep were awakened and placed on a ventilator with positive end-expiratory pressure set to 5 cm H2O and tidal volume maintained at 15 mL/kg. The sheep were ventilated (Servo Ventilator 300; Siemens-Elema AB, Solna, Sweden) with 100% oxygen for the first 3 h after injury for rapid clearance of CO, to reduce their COHb. Following this procedure, the fraction of inspired oxygen (FIO2) was adjusted according to blood gas analysis to maintain PaO2 at greater than 80 mmHg. Respiratory rate was initially set at 20 breaths/min and thereafter adjusted to keep PaCO2 between 25 and 35 mmHg. All sheep were resuscitated with Ringer’s solution, using the formula 4 mL/kg/% burned body surface for 24 h and 2 mL/kg/% burned body surface from 24 to 48 h. After 48 h, the animals were weaned from the ventilator if the PaO2/FIO2 ratio was greater than 250 (Fig. 1).
Protocol for weaning from mechanical ventilation. Weaning from ventilator was initiated if PaO2/FIO2 ratio is greater than 250 at 48 h or more after injury.
Vitamin E nebulization
Sheep in the vitamin E treatment group were nebulized with g-T using a technique that was developed in our laboratory (25). Briefly, the technique uses a novel viscous liquid nebulization nozzle and control that was adapted to a Siemens Servo 300 ventilator. An aqueous solution of 33.3% g-T (d-γ tocopherol 90, lot no. 7801; Tama Biochemical, Shinjuku-Ku,Tokyo, Japan), which contained 950 mg/g of g-T and 40 mg/g of a-T, was mixed (wt/wt) with 66.6% anhydrous ethanol (95%; Pharmco-AAPER, Louisville, Ky). In the nebulization control group, a solution of 33.3% sterile water and 66.6% ethanol (wt/wt) was substituted for the tocopherol mixture. The solutions were delivered into the 0.203-mm fluid channel–nebulizing nozzle with a syringe pump at a rate of 0.071 mL/h for 45 h (3.2 mL total), delivering about 1 g of tocopherol over the treatment period. The animals were treated with g-T nebulization or water/ethanol 3 h after the burn and smoke inhalation injury up to 48 h after the injury.
Measured cardiopulmonary variables
The cardiopulmonary variables were not documented until the animals were fully awake and standing. The pulmonary shunt fraction was calculated using the following equation: Qs/Qt = CAO2 − CaO2/CAO2 − CVO2. Arterial and mixed venous blood was used to measure the PaO2/FIO2 ratio, and it was determined using a blood gas analyzer (Model IL Synthesis 15; Instrumentation Laboratory, Lexington, Mass). Peak and pause pressures were recorded every 6 h.
Lung histology and scoring
The protocol for lung histology and scoring has previously been described in detail (26). Briefly, a 1-cm transverse slice was taken through the middle of the lower lobe of the right ovine lung and injected with 10% buffered formalin at necropsy. The tissue was then immersed in fixative for 3 to 5 days and sampled into blocks. Following standardized paraffin-embedding protocols, 4-μm sections were obtained and stained with hematoxylin and eosin. An experienced pathologist scored the slides without knowledge of the experimental group. Hemorrhage was scored subjectively for the degree of the abnormality, using 0 = absent, 1 = mild, 2 = mild to moderate, 3 = moderate, 4 = moderate to severe, and 5 = severe. Edema and the extent of neutrophils in alveoli, on the other hand, were scored according to the percentage of the section occupied by the each, using 0 = none, 1 = 1% to 20%, 2 = 20% to 40%, 3 = 40% to 60%, 4 = 60% to 80%, and 5 = 80% to 100%.
Lung α-T and g-T measurement
The methods for determining lung a-T and g-T have previously been described in detail (16). All results are expressed as nanomoles per gram and are corrected for wet/dry ratios (see the following section).
Lung bloodless wet-to-dry weight ratio
The right lower lobe of the lung was harvested for measurement of wet-to-dry weight ratio and was corrected for the content of blood in a procedure described by Pearce and colleagues (27). The wet-to-dry weight ratio was obtained by dividing the wet weight by the final weight of the dried lungs.
Lung obstruction measurements of bronchus and bronchioles
A 1-cm-thick section of the lung was taken from the lower right lobe perpendicular to the right main bronchus. It was fixed by injection of 10% formalin, then immersed in formalin, embedded in paraffin, and cut into 4-μm sections onto coded slides. Each airway was classified as a bronchus, bronchiole, or terminal bronchiole. Three individuals unaware of the treatment group evaluated each of the bronchi (n=15) and bronchioles (n=50) to determine the mean obstruction score for each sheep using masked slides. The percentage of total airway lumen obstructed by casts was determined from 0% to 100%, as described by Cox and colleagues (26).
Lung poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase activation
Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) activation in the lung was measured by Western blot. Lung samples (100 mg) were homogenized in ice-cold buffer (50 mM HEPES, pH 7.4; 150 mM sodium chloride; 1.5 mM magnesium chloride; 1 mM EDTA; 1% triton; 10% glycerol; protease inhibitor cocktail 1:100; sodium metavanadate 1:100; all materials were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich Co, St Louis, Mo.). After centrifugation (14,000 × g, 5 min), the supernatant was collected. Proteins were resolved by electrophoresis using polyacrylamide gels (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif), after mixing with Laemmli loading buffer with 10% mercaptoethanol. Separated proteins were transferred to a nitrocellulose membrane (Biorad, Hercules, Calif). Membranes were incubated for 2 h in blocking buffer (5% nonfat dry milk in phosphate-buffered saline). After blocking, membranes were probed overnight at 4°C using antibody recognizing the poly(ADP-ribose) polymer antigen (polyclonal; Trevigen, Gaithersburg, Md). Anti–rabbit horseradish peroxidase–conjugated antibody was used as a secondary antibody (1:1,000; Southern Biotech, Birmingham, Ala). The antibody-antigen complexes were visualized by enhanced chemiluminescence by Syngene gel documentation system (Syngene, Frederick, Md), and the results were quantified by GeneTools from Syngene.
Statistical analysis
Statistical significances of the comparisons were determined using a two-factor (treatment and time) analysis of variance with repeated measures. Fisher least significant difference procedure, with Bonferroni adjustment for number of comparisons, was used for the multiple comparisons (or post hoc analysis). The differences between groups in concentration of tocopherols, wet-to-dry weight ratio, obstruction score, and poly(ADP-ribose) (PAR) were evaluated by means of Student unpaired t test. P < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.
RESULTS
Carboxyhemoglobin concentrations, injury, and survival
The arterial COHb levels were measured immediately after smoke exposure (mean ± SD), and three of the 14 sheep were excluded for low levels. There were no significant differences in arterial COHb between the g-T (69.1% ± 2.4%) and the control (72.9% ± 1.3%) groups. All animals survived for 96 in the g-T group, and one of the five control sheep died at 64 h after injury.
Weaning from mechanical ventilation
All g-T nebulization animals were weaned from ventilator and extubated by 96 h after injury, whereas none of control animals were completely weaned (Table 1). Two of the control animals never attained the criteria for weaning, whereas the other three control animals could not begin to be weaned until 70 to 90 h after injury. In contrast, animals treated with g-T nebulization were able to start weaning significantly earlier, and their tracheostomy tubes could be removed after T-piece trials.
Weaning pattern
Decreases in septal edema were found between animals with and without vitamin E treatment (2.71 ± 0.47 control vs. 1.42 ± 0.43 g-T, data not shown). Decreases were also seen in alveolar edema (1.05 ± 0.48 control vs. 0.29 ± 0.10 g-T, data not shown), as well as in polymorphonuclear cells in the alveoli (0.50 ± 0.29 control vs. 0.17 ± 0.08 g-T, data not shown), septal cell thickening (1.60 ± 0.19 control vs. 1.25 ± 0.14 g-T, data not shown), and hemorrhage (0.30 ± 0.24 control vs. 0.04 ± 0.04 g-T, data not shown).
γ-T and α-T significantly increased after injury with vitamin E treatment compared with injured sheep
The level of g-T in normal ovine lungs was 0.27 ± 0.05 nmol/g (25). Smoke inhalation resulted in depletion in this particular form of vitamin E (14). The sheep were nebulized with a solution of 950 mg/g of g-T and 40 mg/g of a-T, which resulted in increases in lung of both g-T (P < 0.05; Fig. 2 A) and a-T concentrations (P < 0.05, Fig. 2B). However, nebulization did not cause a statistically significant change in hepatic levels of either g-T or a-T (Fig. 2, C–D).
γ-Tocopherol and α-T concentrations after burn and smoke inhalation injury with and without g-T nebulization. After a 40% TBSA full-thickness burn and a smoke inhalation injury, sheep were killed after 96 h, and lung homogenate was used to indirectly measure oxidative stress. Results were compared with injured animals that were nebulized with vitamin E. Oxidative stress was evaluated by measuring ROS and RNS scavenger g-T in the (A) lung and (C) liver and ROS scavenger α-T in the (B) lung and (D) liver. Lung oxidative stress was attenuated after injury with vitamin E treatment based on the associated increases in tocopherols. Data are shown as means ± SEM. *P < 0.05 versus injured animals killed after 96 h.
g-T nebulization significantly decreased pulmonary shunt fraction, peak pressure, and pause pressure and significantly increased PaO2/FIO2 ratio after 96 h in injured sheep
After injury, the PaO2/FIO2 levels of control animals fell below 200 mmHg, which is the threshold for the diagnosis of the acute respiratory distress syndrome. The PaO2/FIO2 ratio did not fall to the same extent in the sheep treated with g-T (P < 0.05 at 30, 36, 42, 48, and 60 h after injury; Fig. 3A). It was difficult to compare PaO2/FIO2 levels in each group 48 h after injury because the control animals remained on the ventilator for 96 h. Similarly, the pulmonary shunt was not as high in the sheep treated with tocopherol (P < 0.05 after 42 h after injury; Fig. 3B). Ventilatory peak and pause pressures are elevated by combined burn and smoke injury. These variables did not increase to the same extent with g-T (P < 0.05 after 42 h after injury; Fig. 4, A and B).
Pulmonary gas exchange after burn and smoke inhalation injury with and without g-T nebulization. After a 40% TBSA full-thickness burn and a smoke inhalation injury, sheep were killed after 96 h. Results were compared with injured animals that were nebulized with vitamin E. Pulmonary gas exchange was evaluated by measuring (A) PaO2/FIO2 ratio and (B) pulmonary shunt fraction. Pulmonary gas exchange significantly improved with vitamin E treatment. Data are shown as means ± SEM. *P < 0.05 versus injured animals killed after 96 h.
Peak and pause pressures after burn and smoke inhalation injury with and without g-T. After a 40% TBSA full-thickness burn and a smoke inhalation injury, sheep were killed after 96 h. Results were compared with injured animals that were nebulized with vitamin E. Compliance was evaluated by measuring (A) peak pressure and (B) pause pressure in the first 48 h after injury. Peak and pause pressures both significantly decreased and improved with vitamin E treatment after 42 and 48 h. Data are shown as means ± SEM. *P < 0.05 versus injured animals killed after 96 h.
Lung obstruction of the bronchioles and wet-to-dry weight ratio significantly decreased with vitamin E treatment after burn and smoke inhalation injury
We observed an increase in lung wet-to-dry weight ratio, as well as marked obstruction of bronchioles, due to combined burn and smoke inhalation. γ-Tocopherol treatment caused a significant decrease in pulmonary edema and obstruction of the bronchioles compared with untreated animals (P < 0.05, Fig. 5, A and B).
Obstruction scores of bronchi and bronchioles and lung wet-to-dry ratio after burn and smoke inhalation injury with and without g-T. After a 40% TBSA full-thickness burn and a smoke inhalation injury, sheep were killed after 96 h. Results were compared with injured animals that were nebulized with vitamin E. Pulmonary pathophysiology was evaluated by measuring (A) bloodless wet-to-dry ratio and (B) obstruction score. Both obstruction of the bronchioles and bronchi and wet-to-dry ratio significantly decreased and improved with vitamin E treatment after 42 and 48 h. Data are shown as means ± SEM. *P < 0.05 versus injured animals killed after 96 h.
PARP activation significantly decreased with vitamin E treatment after burn and smoke inhalation injury
Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase is a constitutive enzyme that is activated by DNA strand breaks secondary to oxidative stress. Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase activity was determined by measuring PAR protein, the product or the reaction (28, 29). PAR was significantly increased after burn and inhalation injury, and treatment with g-T markedly reduced PARP activation, as assessed by quantification of tissue levels of PAR (Fig. 6).
Poly(ADP ribose) polymerase activation significantly decreases with vitamin E treatment after burn and smoke inhalation injury. After a 40% TBSA full-thickness burn and a smoke inhalation injury, sheep were killed after 96 h. Representative Western blot analysis of the (A) PAR, proteins indicating the PARP activity in sheep lung. The poly(ADP-ribosylation) of the proteins was significantly decreased by 96 h with vitamin E treatment after burn and smoke inhalation. Equality of protein loading was confirmed by the expression of β-actin. B, Densitometric evaluation of PAR/actin ratios. Data are shown as means ± SEM. *P < 0.05 vs. injured animals.
DISCUSSION
In a previous study by our laboratory, the nebulization of g-T attenuated burn- and smoke inhalation–induced pathological changes and improved pulmonary function after 48 h (25). In our current study, we have nebulized a larger concentration of g-T and analyzed additional variables in the 96-h late and recovery stage of burn and smoke inhalation such as ventilator weaning, peak and pause pressures, and shunt fraction. Nebulization with g-T into the lungs of sheep with a burn and smoke inhalation injury ameliorated the damage observed in those nebulized with the vehicle. Specifically, g-T-treatment facilitated more effective pulmonary gas exchange (PaO2/FIO2 ratio and pulmonary shunt fraction) and led to less obstruction in the bronchi and bronchioles of the lung and less edema in the lungs (bloodless wet-to-dry ratio). We hypothesized that pulmonary changes associated with the acute phase of burn and smoke inhalation injury are caused by increased oxidative and nitrosative stress. We tested our hypothesis by delivering g-T into the airway to act as an antioxidant, scavenge ROS and RNS, and attenuate pulmonary pathophysiology after combined burn and smoke inhalation injury.
We have reported that NO generated from inducible NO synthase has an important role in the changes in both systemic and pulmonary microvascular permeability, which follow combined burn and smoke inhalation injury (6, 30). Burn and smoke inhalation injury is associated with a systemic inflammatory response and increased levels of RNS and ROS in the lung (21, 24). Peroxynitrite is a strong oxidant and a nitrating and nitrosating agent that can readily trigger DNA single-strand breakage and induce PARP activation (31, 32). Intracellular NAD and ATP levels are depleted as a consequence of PARP activation (33). In addition, PARP has been shown to be involved in the regulation of inflammatory processes, being functionally associated with nuclear factor κB (34) γ-Tocopherol and a-T are scavengers of RNS and ROS. Although g-T and a-T are both potent lipophilic antioxidants, g-T has a unique function. γ-Tocopherol is a more effective RNS scavenger than a-T because it has an unsubstituted 5-positionon the chromanol ring (35).
Lipid peroxidation markers have been measured by our group and have significantly increased in survivors of burn injury compared with nonsurvivors. Malondialdehyde, which is a large mutagenic ROS, has been previously measured in sheep with burn and smoke inhalation injury with and without vitamin E. It significantly increased in sheep without vitamin E treatment. In our present study, lung oxidative stress was indirectly measured by analyzing g-T and a-T concentrations by high-performance liquid chromatography. Lung g-T and a-T concentrations significantly increased after the nebulization of vitamin E (Fig. 2, A and B). The plasma a-T and g-T concentrations did not change dramatically because the nebulized E does not cross into the circulation (data not shown). The lung data illustrate that our novel lipid nebulization device that was used in the present study can aerosolize viscous lipid materials effectively. It creates 2.5- to 5.0-μm droplets of vitamin E and is synchronized with the ventilator to deliver it only during the inspiratory cycle (25).
A previous study from our laboratory showed that the increases in oxidative and nitrosative stress markers were significantly decreased in injured sheep treated with a mixed a-T and g-T solution and killed after 48 h (610 mg/g of g-T and 91 mg/g of a-T nebulized over 48 h) (6, 25). In the present study, we nebulized a larger amount of g-T (950 mg/g of g-T and 40 mg/g of a-T) from 3 to 48 h after injury and killed the animals after 96 h. The larger concentration of g-T attenuated the changes not only during the subsequent 48 h period but also the late and recovery stage after 96 h. Additional differences between the present and previously reported studies are that all of the g-T–treated animals could be weaned from the ventilator, whereas none of the control animals were weaned (Fig. 1), and the shunt fraction and peak and pause pressures were significantly improved (Figs. 3B and 4).
Another difference between our previously reported study (25) and the present study is that ethanol was used as the vehicle carrier instead of flaxseed oil. One hundred percent of g-T is a viscous lipid material and difficult to aerosolize using our novel lipid nebulization without a carrier. Ethanol has been reported as a low-toxicity solvent for inhalation delivery (36) and has been used in nebulized and metered dose inhalers and formulations for human use (37). Therefore, we selected ethanol as a vehicle for nebulization with g-T. There are reports that nebulization with ethanol reduces the pathophysiology of pulmonary edema perhaps through its effects as an antifoam agent (38, 39). Sisson (36) reported that brief exposure to a mild concentration of ethanol may enhance mucociliary clearance, stimulate bronchodilation, and attenuate the airway inflammation and injury observed in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary dysfunction. Furthermore, Oldenburg et al. (40) reported that brief ethanol exposure prevents methacholine-stimulated rat airway smooth muscle cell contraction in vivo. Although tocopherol was very effective in ablating many of the pathophysiological changes noted with inhalation injury, the control group that received ethanol alone appeared to have less of an injury in comparison to our past studies. Our previous findings in the sheep model of burn and smoke inhalation have shown that 1.1 mL ethanol nebulized into the lung over a 24-h period did not worsen lung function or mortality (which is usually 60%–75%) (41, 42). In addition, in our previous study (25), g-T improved wet-to-dry weight ratios and obstruction scores significantly compared with the saline control, but not compared with the appropriate flaxseed oil control. The flaxseed oil itself restored g-T levels to baseline values. Thus, the omission of the flaxseed oil carrier allows the extent of the significant differences from the control group to be observed much more clearly.
γ-Tocopherol nebulization significantly reduced the wet/dry weight ratio in lung tissue (Fig. 5A). Nebulization with the g-T solution for the first 48 h increased lung g-T levels at 96 h after injury more than 100-fold. α-Tocopherol concentrations were also significantly higher in the g-T group as compared with the control group (Fig. 2A). Because the g-T contains some a-T, it is unclear whether the increase was due to the administration of the solution or whether the supply of g-T protected endogenous a-T from oxidation. The g-T nebulization decreased severe signs of ALI as evidenced by deteriorated pulmonary gas change, massive airway obstruction, pulmonary edema, and PARP activation at 96 h after injury. It was difficult to compare pulmonary function evidenced by PaO2/FIO2 ratio in each group 48 h after injury, because only control animals were supported by mechanical ventilation between 48 and 96 h after injury. Therefore, the weaning process was compared between groups to show the effects of treatment in the recovery stage. The weaning could be initiated significantly earlier in the g-T group 48 h after injury compared with the control group. The tracheostomy tube of all g-T nebulization animals could be removed within 96 h after injury, whereas none of the control animals could be completely weaned, nor their tracheostomy tubes removed. In human intensive care units, prolonged intubation is known to be associated with ventilator-induced lung injury, ventilator-associated pneumonia, patient discomfort, and the need for high-dose sedation (43–45). Quicker weaning from the mechanical ventilator and removal of the endotracheal tube are expected to reduce these problems.
In summary, we report that burn and smoke inhalation injury significantly reduces lung α-T and g-T concentrations and increases markers of pulmonary pathophysiology such as deteriorated pulmonary gas exchange, increased peak and pause pressures, massive airway obstruction, and increased pulmonary edema, whereas nebulization with g-T attenuated the injury, improved pulmonary oxygenation, and markedly reduced ventilator time. Pulmonary g-T delivery in ethanol may be a safe, novel, and effective treatment of patients with the acute phase of burn and smoke inhalation.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors thank the staff of the Investigational Intensive Care Unit at the University of Texas Medical Branch for their valuable assistance, especially C. Moncebaiz, Y. Larson, J. Jinkins, T. Walker, and C. Hallum.
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Keywords:
Obstruction; α-tocopherol; pulmonary function; early excision
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