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J Appl Physiol 71: 259-270, 1991;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 71, Issue 1 259-270, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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Frequency characteristics of airway and tissue impedances in respiratory diseases

M. Mishima, K. Kawakami, K. Higashiya, T. Fukunaga, T. Ooka and K. Kuno
Department of Clinical Physiology, Kyoto University, Japan.

We measured the frequency characteristics (at 10-40 Hz) of airway (Za) and tissue (Zt) impedances in cases of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [asthmatic bronchitis (AB), chronic pulmonary emphysema (CPE)] and interstitial pneumonitis (IP) by use of an improved random noise oscillation and body box method. The results were then compared with those obtained for normal subjects. The real part of Za was markedly elevated in patients with AB but only slightly elevated in those with CPE. To interpret these data we used an electromechanical analogue including serial inhomogeneity with shunt impedance. From this model we concluded that AB causes both the central and peripheral airway resistances to increase, while CPE brings about a rise mainly in peripheral resistance. In IP patients, only the imaginary part of Zt decreased, which might reflect the decrease in both lung and chest wall compliance. In CPE patients, but not in AB patients, the real part of Zt fell. These data were consistent with the assumption that the decrease in mass per unit volume of lung tissue and hyperinflation of the chest wall in CPE patients might lower the tissue resistances.


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