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J Appl Physiol 44: 759-762, 1978;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 44, Issue 5 759-762, Copyright © 1978 by American Physiological Society

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Fluid leaks from extra-alveolar vessels in living dog lungs

R. K. Albert, S. Lakshminarayan, T. W. Huang and J. Butler

Edema transudation from extra-alveolar vessels was investigated in anesthetized, open-chested dogs. Fluid accumulation at different alveolar and extra-alveolar vascular pressures was assessed by continuous lung weighing and microscopy. The left (experimental) lung was distended with 6% CO2 and air while normal arterial blood gases were maintained by separately ventilating the right lung. Extra-alveolar vessels were isolated by compressing alveolar vessels with alveolar pressures high enough to stop blood flow. Weight increased steadily (edemogenesis) when pulmonary arterial and/or pulmonary venous pressure was 1 cmH2O below this pressure. Because some alveolar vessels at the lung base could have remained open and leaked, extra-alveolar vessels were also separated from alveolar vessels by glass bead embolization sufficient to stop perfusion. Lung weight gains followed selective pulmonary arterial or venous pressure elevations. Electron microscopy demonstrated edema in experimental lobes which was not present in control lobes with undistended extra-alveolar vessels at the same alveolar pressure. Thus pulmonary edema can be caused by fluid leaking from extra-alveolar vessels.


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