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Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., Volume 160, Number 3, September 1999, 821-828

Model of Functional Restriction in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Transplantation, and Lung Reduction Surgery

STEPHEN H. LORING, DAVID E. LEITH, MARY J. CONNOLLY, EDWARD P. INGENITO, STEVEN J. MENTZER, and JOHN J. REILLY Jr.

Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Mechanical interactions between lung and chest wall are important determinants of respiratory function. When chest wall expansion during maximal inhalation generates insufficiently negative pleural pressures, the lungs remain functionally underinflated; this may be termed functional restriction. To explore mechanisms and effects of functional restriction in patients with emphysema, and to predict effects of single lung transplantation and lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS), we used a computational model based on standard physiology and measurements from individual patients. The model's lungs, separated by a compliant mediastinum, exhibit flow limitation according to the equal pressure point approach of Mead and coworkers. Pulmonary elastic recoil pressure is characterized by an exponential equation modified to reflect airway closure. Simulated respiratory maneuvers can be specified by variations in flow or pressure at the airway opening or in respiratory muscle activation. Model simulations successfully mimic recordings from individual patients. Input parameter values may then be altered to predict effects of surgical interventions in these same patients. The model simulations show the following. Single lung transplantation in emphysema can cause functional restriction of the normal transplanted lungs, and larger transplanted lungs may perform less well than smaller ones. LVRS improves lung and chest wall function in emphysema, but not in normal states. Surgical reduction of the native emphysematous lung after single lung transplantation can reduce functional restriction of the transplant and thereby improve its function.




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