
During this limited period of observation, reoxygenation with 100% O(2) showed no benefits compared with 21% O(2) in normalising myocardial function and PAP. Hypoxaemia affects the myocardium and PAP. Changes in CO per kg were mainly due to changes in heart rate, with no differences between the groups during reoxygenation (p = 0.298). CO per kg body weight increased during the early phase of hypoxaemia (p<0.001), then decreased. An inverse relation was found between increasing age and TR-Vmax during hypoxaemia (p = 0.034).

TR-Vmax increased during the insult and returned towards baseline values during reoxygenation, with no differences between the groups (p = 0.11) or between cTnI concentrations (p = 0.31). Ultrasound examinations of CO and PAP (estimated from tricuspid regurgitation velocity (TR-Vmax)) were performed at baseline, during hypoxia, and at the start of and during reoxygenation.ĬTnI increased from baseline to the end point (p<0.001), confirming a serious myocardial injury, with no differences between the 21% and 100% O(2) group (p = 0.12). When mean arterial blood pressure fell to 15 mm Hg, or arterial base excess was < or = -20 mmol/l, resuscitation was performed with 21% (n = 10) or 100% (n = 10) O(2) for 30 minutes, then ventilation with 21% O(2) for 120 minutes.

Twenty anaesthetised pigs (12-36 hours 1.7-2.7 kg) were subjected to hypoxaemia by ventilation with 8% O(2). To assess the consequences of hypoxaemia and resuscitation with room air versus 100% O(2) on cardiac troponin I (cTnI), cardiac output (CO), and pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) in newborn pigs.
