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J Appl Physiol 72: 459-467, 1992;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 72, Issue 2 459-467, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Assessment of papain-induced lung injury in isolated lungs by measurements of aerosol deposition and mixing

F. S. Rosenthal and S. Wright
School of Health Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907.

Aerosol bolus inspirations were used to assess lung injury in 15 isolated dog lungs exposed to low (0-375 units) or high doses (600-1,200 units) of papain. Effective air space size (EAD) was determined from aerosol deposition during a 5-s breath hold. Convective mixing was assessed by the spreading of the expired bolus with respect to expired volume, quantified by a coefficient of dispersion (CD) equal to the square root of the difference in the variances of the expired and inspired boluses divided by the volumetric penetration of the bolus. After exposure, CD measured with deeply penetrating boluses increased by an average of 2.5% in the low-exposure group (P greater than 0.05) and 28.0% in the high-exposure group (P less than 0.0001). CD measured with shallowly penetrating boluses decreased by 4.3% (P less than 0.0001) in the low-exposure group and increased by an average of 18.3% in the high-exposure group (P less than 0.05). Papain exposure caused EAD to increase in some lungs and decrease in others. For deep bolus penetrations, EAD changed by an average of -0.8% in the low-exposure group (P greater than 0.05) and +21.1% in the high-exposure group (P greater than 0.05). Both EAD and CD appeared to be sensitive to lung injury. However, changes in EAD were less consistent than those in CD, possibly due to changes caused by lung injury in the regional distribution of inspired aerosol.


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