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. 2008 Jul 14;8:10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2466-8-10

Table 2.

Gas exchange and lung function variables

a. Gas exchange and lung function variables at different time points
Pao2 PaCO2 Cdyn/kg VT/kg Res VEI ΔP

Healthy (H)
 PPVOLC 74.21 ± 16.75 5.67 ± 2.05 1.94 ± 0.89 16.0 ± 4.8 37.62 ± 8.09 0.29 ± 0.17 10.20 ± 0.45
 mon SP-B 64.11 ± 34.10 3.75 ± 0.75 2.56 ± 0.50 20.4 ± 2.7 40.50 ± 8.63 0.35 ± 0.08 10.00 ± 0.00
 nat SF 78.44 ± 15.09 5.29 ± 1.95 2.12 ± 0.87 19.2 ± 7.0 37.88 ± 7.43 0.29 ± 0.14 10.25 ± 0.50
Lavaged (T = 0)
 PPVOLC 6.70 ± 3.04 ** 6.95 ± 2.84 0.56 ± 0.23 * 11.3 ± 2.6 52.43 ± 13.53 * 0.10 ± 0.06 * 20.00 ± 0.00
 mon SP-B 9.24 ± 0.79* 3.86 ± 1.64 1.21 ± 0.42 * 21.0 ± 5.0 63.28 ± 15.30 * 0.11 ± 0.02 ** 20.00 ± 0.00
 nat SF 8.16 ± 1.26 ** 5.57 ± 1.35 0.88 ± 0.35 * 16.3 ± 5.4 50.25 ± 11.95 * 0.10 ± 0.04 * 20.00 ± 0.00
1 h
 PPVOLC 9.68 ± 2.26 6.91 ± 2.07 0.57 ± 0.20 11.3 ± 4.5 47.50 ± 12.90 0.09 ± 0.04 20.00 ± 0.00
 mon SP-B 38.60 ± 24.14 3.83 ± 2.84 1.52 ± 0.66 22.9 ± 8.4 58.55 ± 14.04 0.16 ± 0.09 19.50 ± 1.00
 nat SF 56.86 ± 14.62 3.75 ± 1.13 1.50 ± 0.43 23.1 ± 6.2 53.98 ± 14.52 0.14 ± 0.05 20.00 ± 0.00
2 h
 PPVOLC 71.45 ± 20.29 4.49 ± 1.97 1.03 ± 0.38 10.2 ± 2.2 34.34 ± 8.13 0.33 ± 0.20 12.60 ± 1.82
 mon SP-B 64.87 ± 29.48 3.51 ± 0.91 1.53 ± 0.10 16.1 ± 7.0 47.80 ± 20.69 0.33 ± 0.27 13.75 ± 3.86
 nat SF 75.18 ± 19.67 4.12 ± 0.41 1.39 ± 0.31 18.6 ± 4.0 45.20 ± 7.52 0.16 ± 0.02 17.75 ± 1.71
3 h
 PPVOLC 74.08 ± 12.99 5.19 ± 2.35 1.13 ± 0.75 9.9 ± 3.0 34.76 ± 10.65 0.30 ± 0.19 12.40 ± 2.07
 mon SP-B 59.05 ± 33.81 4.77 ± 1.11 1.23 ± 0.14 14.7 ± 4.1 50.63 ± 14.95 0.19 ± 0.12 14.00 ± 3.74
 nat SF 72.32 ± 17.01 4.81 ± 0.55 1.15 ± 0.30 17.1 ± 5.0 43.85 ± 9.29 0.15 ± 0.04 17.00 ± 0.82
4 h
 PPVOLC 70.09 ± 12.32 5.54 ± 1.67 1.11 ± 0.73 9.7 ± 2.4 35.46 ± 7.11 0.26 ± 0.15 12.60 ± 3.21
 mon SP-B 60.05 ± 33.26 4.73 ± 1.28 1.21 ± 0.15 14.8 ± 3.4 53.70 ± 19.89 0.18 ± 0.11 14.50 ± 3.87
 nat SF 56.53 ± 11.97 5.37 ± 0.53 1.05 ± 0.27 15.5 ± 2.8 44.18 ± 11.66 0.14 ± 0.04 16.50 ± 0.58
5 h
 PPVOLC 71.61 ± 9.23 5.25 ± 1.01 0.97 ± 0.51 9.6 ± 3.2 35.78 ± 8.46 0.25 ± 0.14 12.80 ± 3.27
 mon SP-B 60.38 ± 33.21 5.49 ± 1.17 1.04 ± 0.22 13.1 ± 3.7 51.93 ± 14.55 0.16 ± 0.08 14.0 ± 4.69
 nat SF 48.94 ± 20.65 5.20 ± 0.52 1.01 ± 0.25 15.0 ± 2.2 50.55 ± 13.11 0.12 ± 0.04 17.00 ± 0.82

b. Overall differences in gas exchange and lung function variables (T5 - T0)

Pao2 PaCO2 Cdyn/kg VT/kg Res VEI ΔP

T5 - T0
 PPVOLC 64.90 ± 9.22 -1.71 ± 2.57 0.42 ± 0.40 -2.75 ± 0.96 -17.2 ± 5.43 0.19 ± 0.078 */§ -7.2 ± 3.27
 mon SP-B 51.14 ± 33.47 1.63 ± 1.27 -0.18 ± 0.42 -8.0 ± 4.24 * -11.35 ± 13.10 0.043 ± 0.07 -6.0 ± 4.69
 nat SF 40.78 ± 20.49 -0.38 ± 1.71 0.13 ± 0.27 -1.25 ± 3.59 0.3 ± 5.91 0.02 ± 0.06 -3 ± 0.82

mean ± SD; open lung concept positive pressure ventilation (PPVOLC; n = 5); surfactant treatment under conventional positive pressure ventilation: natural bovine surfactant (Alveofact®; nat SF; n = 4), monomeric surfactant protein B based surfactant (mon SP-B; n = 4). * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01 vs initial values (healthy; H). Further levels of significance (two-way ANOVA) are given in detail in the text.

* p < 0.05 vs nat SF

§ p < 0.05 vs mon SP-B