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Vol. 84, Issue 3, 1048-1054, March 1998
Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262
Recent clinical observations of a high incidence of preexisting respiratory infections in pediatric cases of high-altitude pulmonary edema prompted us to ask whether such infections would increase the susceptibility to hypoxia-induced pulmonary edema in young rats. We infected weanling rats with Sendai virus, thus causing a mild respiratory infection. Within 7 days of infection, Sendai virus was essentially undetectable by using viral culture and immunohistochemical techniques. Animals at day 7 of Sendai virus infection were then exposed to normobaric hypoxia (fraction of inspired O2 = 0.1) for 24 h and examined for increases in gravimetric lung water and in vascular permeability, as well as for histological evidence of increased lung water. Bronchoalveolar lavage was performed on a separate series of animals. Compared with control groups, infected hypoxic animals showed significant increases in perivascular cuffing, gravimetric lung water, and lung protein leak. In addition, infected hypoxic animals had increases in lavage fluid cell counts and protein content compared with controls. We conclude that young rats, exposed to moderate hypoxia while recovering from a mild viral respiratory infection, may demonstrate evidence of early pulmonary edema formation, a finding of potential relevance to human high-altitude pulmonary edema.
high-altitude pulmonary edema; Sendai virus; lung water
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