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J Appl Physiol 56: 489-494, 1984;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 56, Issue 2 489-494, Copyright © 1984 by American Physiological Society

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Effect of endotoxin on lung fluid balance in unanesthetized sheep

J. C. Gabel, T. N. Hansen and R. E. Drake

We used a gravimetric technique to test for increased pulmonary capillary permeability after Escherichia coli endotoxin infusion in unanesthetized sheep. The sheep were chronically prepared with cannulas placed into the left atrium and pulmonary artery 1-2 wk before the experiments. We estimated pulmonary capillary pressure (Pc) as the average of pulmonary arterial and left atrial pressures, and used the modified method of Pierce to estimate the ratio of extravascular fluid weight (EVF) to blood-free dry weight. In 15 sheep we inflated a left atrial balloon to raise Pc to -10.7, 5, 10, or 15 mmHg above plasma oncotic pressure (IIc) for 3 h, then measured EVF. EVF averaged 4.0 +/- 0.2 (base line), 4.3 +/- 0.1, 4.5 +/- 0.1, and 5.1 +/- 0.5 (SD), respectively, for the four levels of Pc - IIc. We gave seven additional sheep 1 microgram/kg of E. coli endotoxin (0127:B8) and measured EVF after 3 h of stable Pc. Endotoxin increased Pc in each sheep. EVF was higher than control for the endotoxin sheep with Pc - IIc greater than -1. This finding is consistent with an increase in pulmonary capillary permeability caused by endotoxin. However, EVF was not elevated in the endotoxin sheep with Pc - IIc less than 1 mmHg. This shows that the increased permeability was insufficient to cause edema unless Pc was elevated. Thus endotoxin may cause edema by two mechanisms, 1) an increase in capillary permeability, and 2) an increase in Pc.


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