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J Appl Physiol 54: 37-44, 1983;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 54, Issue 1 37-44, Copyright © 1983 by American Physiological Society

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Anesthesia alters the pattern of aerosol retention in hamsters

T. D. Sweeney, J. D. Brain and S. LeMott

General anesthesia was used to produce nonventilated areas of the lung, and aerosol inhalation was used to locate these areas, assuming that no aerosol deposits in a nonventilated region. Male Syrian golden hamsters were anesthetized with pentobarbital sodium (90 mg/kg), which reduced respiratory frequency, tidal volume, minute volume, and O2 consumption to 61, 41, 24, and 36%, respectively, of the corresponding awake levels. Awake and anesthetized hamsters were exposed to the aerosol for 30 min; then the lungs were excised, dried at total lung capacity, sliced into sections, and dissected into pieces. Autoradiographs were made of slices, and the activity and weight of pieces were determined. The evenness index (EI), a measure of the uniformity of retention, was calculated for each piece. With complete uniformity of retention, all EI's would be 1.0. In awake animals, only 0.2% (by wt) of the lungs had little or no retention (EI's less than 0.20). More particles deposited in the apex than in the base of the lungs. General anesthesia for extended periods of time with no deep breaths alters ventilation and therefore the distribution of aerosol retention. Many regions of the lungs in the anesthetized animals received few or no particles (11.6% of lungs had EI less than 0.20); however, no consistent pattern was observed in the location of these areas from animal to animal. The apex-to-base gradient for retention in these animals was also reversed. Radioactive aerosols can be used as probes to indicate the extent and distribution of nonventilated areas in the lungs.


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