• Jacob Karlsson, Gergely H Fodor, Andre Dos Santos Rocha, Na Lin, Walid Habre, Mats Wallin, Magnus Hallbäck, Ferenc Peták, and Per-Arne Lönnqvist.
• Department of Physiology and Pharmacology (FYFA), Eriksson I Lars group-Section of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2020 Sep 1; 64 (8): 1106-1113.

BackgroundCapnoperitoneum during laparoscopy leads to cranial shift of the diaphragm, loss in lung volume, and risk of impaired gas exchange. Infants are susceptible to these changes and bedside assessment of lung volume during laparoscopy might assist with optimizing the ventilation. Thus, the primary aim was to investigate the monitoring value of a continuous end-expiratory lung volume (EELV) assessment method based on CO2 dynamics ( EELV CO 2 ) in a pediatric capnoperitoneum model by evaluating the correlation and trending ability against helium washout (EELVHe ).MethodsIntra-abdominal pressure (IAP) was randomly varied between 0, 6, and 12 mm Hg with CO2 insufflation, while positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) levels of 3, 6, and 9 cm H2 O were randomly applied in eight anesthetized and mechanically ventilated chinchilla rabbits. Concomitant EELV CO 2 and EELVHe and lung clearance index (LCI) were obtained under each experimental condition.ResultsSignificant correlations were found between EELV CO 2 and EELVHe before capnoperitoneum (r = .85, P < .001), although increased IAP distorted this relationship. The negative influence of IAP was counteracted by the application of PEEP 9, which restored the correlation between EELV CO 2 and EELVHe and resulted in 100% concordance rate between the methods regarding changes in lung volume. EELVHe and LCI showed a curvilinear relationship, and an EELVHe of approximately 20 mL kg-1 , determined with a receiver operating characteristic curve, was associated with near-normal LCI values.ConclusionIn this animal model of pediatric capnoperitoneum, reliable assessment of changes in EELV based on EELV CO 2 requires an open lung strategy, defined as EELV above approximately 20 mL kg-1 .© 2020 The Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica Foundation. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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