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J Appl Physiol 56: 878-890, 1984;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 56, Issue 4 878-890, Copyright © 1984 by American Physiological Society

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Effect of edema and hemodynamic changes on extravascular thermal volume of the lung

B. A. Gray, R. C. Beckett, R. C. Allison, D. R. McCaffree, R. M. Smith, E. D. Sivak and P. V. Carlile Jr

The extravascular thermal volume of the lung (ETV) has been measured in dogs as the difference between mean transit time (t) volumes for heat and indocyanine green dye across the pulmonary circulation, calculated as the product of thermal dilution cardiac output (CO) and the difference in t for aortic indicator-dilution curves generated by right and left atrial injections. ETV measurements were compared with the extravascular lung mass (ELM): in 21 normal dogs, ETV/ELM = 1.11 +/- 0.14 (SD); in 17 dogs with hydrostatic pulmonary edema (up to 21 g/kg), ETV/ELM = 0.90 +/- 0.11; and in 27 dogs with alloxan pulmonary edema (up to 51 g/kg); ETV/ELM = 0.93 +/- 0.13. For all 65 dogs the mean ETVELM was 0.98 +/- 0.15, and the liner regression was ETV (ml/kg) = 0.90 ELM (g/kg) + 0.86 +/- 2.25 (SEE; r = 0.96). Calculations based on measurements of lung specific heat predict that ETV/ELM should equal 0.984. With acute changes in pulmonary hemodynamics, ETV was reduced by reductions in pulmonary arterial pressure (Ppa) sufficient to produce zone 1 conditions at the top of the lung. However, ETV was not affected by increases in CO (mean = 50%) produced by nitroprusside or by increases in Ppa and pulmonary blood volume (mean = 27%) produced by partial mitral valve obstruction. Distortion of the thermal dilution curve due to position of the arterial thermistor appears to be the greatest source of variability and overestimation. Simultaneous measurements from pairs of thermistors differed by 14% (range 0.4-50%).


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