Static mechanical behavior of bronchi in excised dog lung.
Static mechanical behavior of bronchi in excised dog lung.
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离体狗肺中支气管的静态机械行为。
DOI:
10.1152/jappl.1974.37.2.201
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发表时间:
1974
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
R. Hyatt
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作者:
R. Sittipong;R. Hyatt
METHODSExcised lungs from 15 mongrel dogs of both sexes were studied. Body weight averaged 17 kg, with a range from 8 to 50 kg. The dogs were sacrificed by the use of intravenously administered sodium pentobarbital, and the lungs were removed immediately. Blood was allowed to drain from the pulmonary vessels, which were not ligated. The left upper lobe (LUL) was separated from the rest of the lung, and a cannula was tied into its bronchus. The lingular portion of the lobe was removed and the lobe rendered airtight. The LUL was selected for study because it is flat and because, with the lingula removed, it expands with little curling or rotation of its edges. We believe that removal of the lingula did not interfere with our measurements for several reasons. First, the amputated stump of the lingula was always far removed from any bronchi selected for measurement. This is evident in Fig. 1, where the lingular stump is adjacent to the end of the cannula. Furthermore, it has been shown that alterations in the pleural surface, such as were produced by our procedure of lingula removal, cause only local distortions in alveolar geometry which are closely limited to the pleural surface (24) and hence are unlikely to affect the overall elastic behavior of the lobe. The airways of the LUL were outlined with aqueous contrast material. Care was taken to use as little contrast medium as possible to avoid occluding the small airways. Metal markers, approximately 2 mm long, were glued to the lobe edges (Fig. 1). The LUL was placed horizontally on a moistened glass plate, under which the X-ray film was posi-tioned. Preliminary studies had shown that inflation and deflation were more uniform over a wider volume range in the horizontal position than when the lobe was suspended vertically.