Abstract: ObjectiveTo establish an animal model of severe blast lung injury in baby rabbits
and to provide a way to study the characteristic and treatment of blast lung injury in minors.MethodsRandomly selected sixteen 4-weeks old New Zealand white rabbits
and the blast lung injuries were made by BST-Ⅰ biological shock tube with different drive pressure (4.0Mpa and 4.5MPa) respectively. Thencompared the injury severity of the 4.0Mpa group and the 4.5MPa group.Selected forty-eight 4-weeks old New Zealand white rabbits and divided them into the control group (8 rabbits) and the blast lung injury group (40 rabbits)Rabbits in the blast lung injury group were injured with 4.5MPa drive pressure.Observed the vital signs
physiological index
gross anatomy of the lung
pathology
and pulmonary water content at the time of injury immediately (0 hour)
2 hours
4 hours
6 hours
12 hours
24 hours
48 hours and 72 hours after the injury.ResultsRabbits in the 4.0Mpa group and the 4.5MPa group were all alive.The overpressure of blast wave of the 4.0Mpa group was (328.16±4.78)kPa
rate of severe pulmonary defense was 12.5%
and the AIS score was (3.38±0.52)points.In the 4.5MPa group
the overpressure of blast wave was (395.04±11.74)kPa
rate of severe pulmonary defense was 87.5%
and the AIS score was (4.13±0.64)points.Rabbits in the control group and the blast lung injury group were all alive.The spirits of rabbits were drooping immediately after injury
and it last about 0.5 hour.Then the breathing and heart rate was accelerated
pulmonary water content was increased significantly
and there were extensive hemorrhage and edema in the lung.Most of the rabbits suffered severe lung injury
and the AIS score was (3.98±0.55) points.Lung tissue rupture
hemorrhage
edema
and inflammatory cells infiltration were the main pathological manifestations under light microscopy.ConclusionThe model of severe blast lung injury in baby rabbits could be established with BST-Ⅰbiological shock tube and drive pressure of 4.5 MPa.It is relatively simple
easily controllable and highly repeatable,which can be used as a feasible model for the study of blast lung injury.