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J Appl Physiol 62: 1422-1429, 1987;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 62, Issue 4 1422-1429, Copyright © 1987 by American Physiological Society

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Sepsis in sheep reduces pulmonary microvascular sieving capacity

L. Smith, S. Andreasson, K. Thoren-Tolling, B. Rippe and B. Risberg

The changes in pulmonary microvascular permeability in sheep, after infusion of live Escherichia coli, were studied using estimations of the osmotic reflection coefficients (sigma) for total protein, albumin, immunoglobins (Ig) G and M and based on these estimations equivalent pore dimensions were calculated. A chronic lung lymph fistula was prepared in seven sheep. After a base-line period, left atrial pressure (Pla) was increased. E. coli (10(9) X kg body wt) were given after attaining filtration independent L/P values. The sigma's for the normal lung were calculated to 0.73 for total protein and to 0.65, 0.76, and 0.91 for albumin, IgG, and IgM, respectively. The equivalent pore radii were determined to 50 and 175 A with 35% of the filtration accounted for by the large pores. After bacterial infusion, the sigma's for total protein, albumin, IgG, and IgM decreased significantly from preseptic values to 0.58, 0.50, 0.64, and 0.83, respectively. After sepsis the small pores were 50 A and the large pores 200 A with 49% of total volume flow at maximum lymph flows occurring through the large pores. Assuming a constant small-pore population the large-pore number increased 32% after bacterial infusion. These results indicate that pulmonary microvascular permeability may have increased due to the sepsis.


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