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JOVE-JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS
卷 -, 期 169, 页码 -出版社
JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS
DOI: 10.3791/61982
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- C2 grant from KU Leuven [C24/18/101]
- Research Foundation - Flanders [FWO G0C4419N]
- Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission [2013-0040]
- FWO-SB fellowship (Research Foundation - Flanders) [1S71619N]
Intratracheal drug delivery provides a direct way to deliver pharmaceutical substances to the lungs of premature animals, with the transcutaneous technique being simple and effective. This method is well tolerated by newborn pups and can be repeated for multiple consecutive days without affecting survival.
Intratracheal (IT) drug delivery allows the direct delivery of pharmaceutical substances to the lung, maximizing potential pulmonary benefit and minimizing systemic drug exposure. The transcutaneous technique is simple and allows for the IT delivery of substances to the lung of prematurely born rabbits shortly after birth. Newborn pups are anesthetized with inhaled Isoflurane before being placed in a supine position with the neck extended. The larynx is identified and stabilized before transcutaneous placement of a 26-gauge (G) catheter into the trachea. Following catheterization of the trachea, a 30 G blunt needle attached to a Hamilton syringe is introduced into the IT catheter and is used for delivering a precise volume into the trachea during spontaneous respiration. After the IT injection is completed, the needle and catheter are withdrawn, and the pup is allowed to recover from anesthesia. Transcutaneous IT injection delivers a large proportion of the injected substance to the lung, with the majority remaining in the lung 3 hours after the intervention. The injections are well tolerated from the day of birth and can be repeated for multiple consecutive days without influencing survival. This technique can be used to investigate the effect of pharmaceutical agents on lung development and in the prevention of neonatal lung injury in preterm rabbits.
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