Differential effects of airway anesthesia on ozone-induced pulmonary responses in human subjects.
Differential effects of airway anesthesia on ozone-induced pulmonary responses in human subjects.
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气道麻醉对人类受试者臭氧引起的肺部反应的不同影响。
DOI:
10.1164/ajrccm.163.5.2003103
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发表时间:
2001
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Adams,WC
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作者:
Schelegle,ES;Eldridge,MW;Cross,CE;Walby,WF;Adams,WC
We examined the effect of tetracaine aerosol inhalation, a local anesthetic, on lung volume decrements, rapid shallow breathing, and subjective symptoms of breathing discomfort induced by the acute inhalation of 0.30 ppm ozone for 65 min in 22 ozone-sensitive healthy human subjects. After 50 min of ozone inhalation FEV1was reduced 24%, breathing frequency was increased 40%, tidal volume was decreased 31%, and total subjective symptom score was increased (71.2, compared with 3.8 for filtered air exposure). Inhalation of tetracaine aerosol resulted in marked reductions in ozone-induced subjective symptoms of throat tickle and/or irritation (92.1%), cough (78.5%), shortness of breath (72.5%), and pain on deep inspiration (69.4%). In contrast, inhalation of tetracaine aerosol (mass median aerodynamic diameter of 3.52 μ m with a geometric standard deviation of 1.92) resulted in only minor and inconsistent rectification of FEV1decrements (5.0%) and breathing frequency ( − 3.8%) that was not significantly different from that produced by saline aerosol alone (FEV1, 5.1% and breathing frequency, − 2.7%). Our data are consistent with afferent endings located within the large conducting airways of the tracheobronchial tree being primarily responsible for ozone-induced subjective symptoms and provides strong evidence that ozone-induced inhibition of maximal inspiratory effort is not dependent on conscious sensations of inspiratory discomfort.