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J Appl Physiol 78: 1889-1897, 1995;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 78, Issue 5 1889-1897, Copyright © 1995 by American Physiological Society

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Lung tissue and airway impedances during pulmonary edema in normal range of breathing

G. M. Barnas, J. Sprung, R. Kahn, P. A. Delaney and M. Agarwal
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore 21201, USA.

How pulmonary edema affects lung tissue and airway properties is not clear. From measurements of airway pressure and flow, we measured lung elastance (EL) and resistance (RL) in 5 anesthetized-paralyzed open-chested dogs during sinusoidal forcing in the frequency (f) and tidal volume (VT) ranges of normal breathing. RL was divided into its tissue (Rti) and airway (Raw) components from measurements of alveolar pressure through capsules glued to the lung surface. After induction of severe pulmonary edema by injection of oleic acid into the right atrium, forcing was repeated at the same mean airway pressure (Paw) as in control animals (11 cmH2O) and at a higher Paw (14 cmH2O), as would occur in closed-chested dogs during edema (G. M. Barnas, D. Stamenovic, and K. R. Lutchen. J. Appl. Physiol. 73: 1040-1046, 1992). Edema increased EL, and this increase was greater at Paw = 14 cmH2O (P < 0.05). The f dependences of EL and Rti were increased by edema (P < 0.05), and there was a large negative dependence of EL on VT at Paw = 14 cmH2O. Edema increased RL (P < 0.05), but this increase depended on f, VT, and Paw. The increase in RL was due largely to increases in Rti at Paw = 14 cmH2O and to increases in Raw at Paw = 11 cmH2O. We conclude that the functional effects of oleic acid-induced pulmonary edema on RL are due mostly to changes in lung tissue.


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