Lung edema clearance: 20 Years of progress selected contribution: Mechanisms that may stimulate the resolution of alveolar edema in the transplanted human lung
Lung edema clearance: 20 Years of progress selected contribution: Mechanisms that may stimulate the resolution of alveolar edema in the transplanted human lung
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DOI:
10.1152/japplphysiol.00252.2002
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发表时间:
2002-11-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Matthay, MA
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作者:
Ware, LB;Fang, XH;Matthay, MA
METHODSIdentification of rejected lungs. Between September 1, 1998 and September 30, 2000, the California Transplant Donor Network identified donors whose lungs were not used for transplantation because of failure to meet the standard selection criteria (14) and whose next-of-kin had given informed consent for research. The study protocol was approved by the California Transplant Donor Network medical committee.Protocol for lung resection. The lungs were resected en bloc by standard techniques without the use of a pulmonary preservation solution. The lungs were transported to our laboratory at 4 C after inflation to the donor’s standard tidal volume. The average time from lung resection to rewarming in the laboratory was 6–8 h. For measurement of hemoglobin for the calculation of the water-to-dry weight ratio, a blood sample was obtained from the donor at the time of lung harvest. After transport, tissue samples were obtained from the right lower lung for gravimetric measure of the water-todry weight ratio. Additional lobes were used for other studies (43). Overall, lungs were studied from 31 donors. Because only one or two lobes were routinely available for measurements of alveolar fluid clearance, only one condition was studied per donor, either terbutaline-stimulated alveolar fluid clearance (8 donors) or, for comparison, unstimulated alveolar fluid clearance (23 donors). The rates of unstimulated clearance have been previously reported (43).