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J Appl Physiol 62: 2398-2403, 1987;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 62, Issue 6 2398-2403, Copyright © 1987 by American Physiological Society

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Forced expiratory wheezes are a manifestation of airway flow limitation

N. Gavriely, K. B. Kelly, J. B. Grotberg and S. H. Loring

To study the mechanism of generation of respiratory wheezes we examined the relationships between forced expiratory wheezes (FEW) and flow limitation in the lung. Tracheal lung sounds were measured in six healthy subjects during forced expiration through a flow-limiting valve in series with a high-impedance suction pump. Mouth pressure, esophageal pressure, transpulmonary pressure (Ptp), flow (V), and volume were also measured. For any flow rate, V was constant until the subject became flow limited. The onset of flow limitation was documented by a small change in V and a sudden change in Ptp, which was previously found by Olafsson and Hyatt to correspond to the beginning of the flow plateau of the isovolume pressure-flow curve (J. Clin. Invest. 48: 564-573, 1969). FEW started 107 +/- 45 ml (SD) after the onset of flow limitation. Additional 79 +/- 65 ml were exhaled between the onset of FEW to the final sharp drop in V. The frequency spectra of FEW were the same as those of respiratory wheezes found in obstructive airway diseases. Administration of inhaled bronchodilator (isoproterenol) did not eliminate the FEW, nor did it change their relationship to flow limitation. The sequence of events around the onset of FEW, and the tight correlation with the onset of flow limitation correspond well to recent experimental observations on the onset of flutter in collapsible, thick-walled latex tubes.


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