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J Appl Physiol 38: 328-334, 1975;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 38, Issue 2 328-334, Copyright © 1975 by American Physiological Society

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Moment analysis of multibreath lung washout

G. M. Saidel, R. B. Salmon and E. H. Chester

A moment analysis of multibreath nitrogen washout has been developed to provide a sensitive, quantitative measure that characterizes the inhomogeneity of pulmonary ventilation. To test the analysis scheme, we studied 5 normal subjects and 16 subjects with obstructive lung disease who performed each washout test at constant tidal volume and frequency. Subjects executed the wahout test 3-4 times at different tidal volumes (0.5-1.5 liters) and frequencies (10-30/min). Plotting washout data as dimensionless end-tidal nitrogen concentration versus the cumulative expired volume normalized by the functional residual capacity (CEV/FRC) renders the washout curves of each individual almost superposab le despite changes in breathing frequency and tidal volume from test to test. The dimensionless washout curve is treated as a distribution from which the normalized first (M1/Mo) and second (M2/Mo) moments are obtained. These parameters clearly display diagnostic clustering for various disease states. With respect to the normal subjects, the magnitude of M1/Mo was 26% greater for asthmatics, 38% greater for bronchitics, and 52% greater for emphysematics. This moment analysis provides an objective, quantitative assessment of the extent of ventilation inhomogeneities without specification of a lung model.


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