MOMENT ANALYSIS OF MULTIBREATH LUNG WASHOUT
MOMENT ANALYSIS OF MULTIBREATH LUNG WASHOUT
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DOI:
10.1152/jappl.1975.38.2.328
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发表时间:
1975-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
CHESTER, EH
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作者:
SAIDEL, GM;SALMON, RB;CHESTER, EH
A moment analysis of multibreath nitrogen washout has been developed to provide a sensitive, quantitative measure that characterizes the inhomogeneity of pulmonary ventilation. To test the analysis scheme, we studied 5 normal subjects and 16 subjects with obstructive lung disease who performed each washout test at constant tidal volume and frequency. Subjects executed the wahout test 3–4 times at different tidal volumes (0.5–1.5 liters) and frequencies (10–30/min). Plotting washout data as dimensionless end-tidal nitrogen concentration versus the cumulative expired volume normalized by the functional residual capacity (CEV/FRC) renders the washout curves of each individual almost superposab le despite changes in breathing frequency and tidal volume from test to test. The dimensionless washout curve is treated as a distribution from which the normalized first (M1/Mo) and second (M2/Mo) moments are obtained. These parameters clearly display diagnostic clustering for various disease states. With respect to the normal subjects, the magnitude of M1/Mo was 26% greater for asthmatics, 38% greater for bronchitics, and 52% greater for emphysematics. This moment analysis provides an objective, quantitative assessment of the extent of ventilation inhomogeneities without specification of a lung model