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Mode shift of an inhaled aerosol bolus is correlated with flow sequencing in the human lung.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11842063     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We studied the effects on aerosol bolus inhalations of small changes in convective inhomogeneity induced by posture change from upright to supine in nine normal subjects. Vital capacity single-breath nitrogen washout tests were used to determine ventilatory inhomogeneity change between postures. Relative to upright, supine phase III slope was increased 33 +/- 11% (mean +/- SE, P < 0.05) and phase IV height increased 25 +/- 11% (P < 0.05), consistent with an increase in convective inhomogeneity likely due to increases in flow sequencing. Subjects also performed 0.5-microm-particle bolus inhalations to penetration volumes (V(p)) between 150 and 1,200 ml during a standardized inhalation from residual volume to 1 liter above upright functional residual capacity. Mode shift (MS) in supine posture was more mouthward than upright at all V(p), changing by 11.6 ml at V(p) = 150 ml (P < 0.05) and 38.4 ml at V(p) = 1,200 ml (P < 0.05). MS and phase III slope changes correlated positively at deeper V(p). Deposition did not change at any V(p), suggesting that deposition did not cause the MS change. We propose that the MS change results from increased sequencing in supine vs. upright posture.
Authors:
Christopher N Mills; Chantal Darquenne; G Kim Prisk
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)     Volume:  92     ISSN:  8750-7587     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Appl. Physiol.     Publication Date:  2002 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-02-13     Completed Date:  2002-05-07     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8502536     Medline TA:  J Appl Physiol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1232-8     Citation Subset:  IM; S    
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0931, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aerosols*
Female
Functional Residual Capacity
Humans
Inhalation / physiology*
Lung / physiology*
Male
Middle Aged
Posture / physiology*
Pulmonary Ventilation / physiology*
Reference Values
Residual Volume
Supine Position
Vital Capacity
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Aerosols
Investigator
Investigator/Affiliation:
G K Prisk / U CA San Diego, La Jolla; J B West / U CA San Diego, La Jolla

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