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J Appl Physiol 79: 1595-1600, 1995;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 79, Issue 5 1595-1600, Copyright © 1995 by American Physiological Society

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Dynamic elastance and tissue resistance of isolated liquid-filled rat lungs

D. Navajas, A. Moretto, M. Rotger, T. Nagase, M. J. Dallaire and M. S. Ludwig
Meakins-Christie Laboratories, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

The effect of the surface forces of the alveolar air-liquid interface on the dynamic behavior of lung tissue was investigated in five isolated liquid-filled rat lungs. The lungs were subjected to 0.04-Hz sinusoidal oscillation (1.5-ml tidal volume) at lung volume (VL) levels ranging from volume at zero pressure (V0) + 4 ml to V0 + 10 ml. Oscillations were performed at each VL after inflation of the lungs from V0. Alveolar pressure (PA) was measured with an alveolar capsule attached to the visceral pleura. Dynamic elastance (Edyn), tissue resistance (Rti), and hysteresivity [eta = Rti omega/Edyn, where omega is angular frequency (2 pi x frequency)] were computed from PA and VL changes. Edyn was 59.6 +/- 4.3 Pa/ml at V0 + 4 ml and varied little up to V0 + 7 ml. Thereafter, Edyn increased markedly with VL, reaching 102 +/- 16 Pa/ml at V0 + 10 ml. No significant difference was found between elastance computed from PA and that computed from pressure recorded at the airway opening. Rti was 35.2 +/- 3.6 Pa.s.ml-1 and exhibited a VL dependence similar to that of Edyn. As a result, eta was 0.16 and did not vary significantly in the explored VL range. We conclude that PA can be reliably measured in the liquid-filled lung by means of alveolar capsules. In the liquid-filled lung, Edyn was smaller than and eta was similar to values reported for air-filled lungs. Hence, surface tension accounts for a considerable part of elastance and Rti of the air-filled lung within the volume range of normal breathing.


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