Pendelluft in Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Measured with Lung Sounds

Objective. The phenomenon of pendelluft was described over five decades ago. In patients with regional variations in resistance and elastance, gas moves at the beginning of inspiration out of some alveoli into others. Gas moves in the opposite direction at the end of inspiration. The objective of th...

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Published in:Pulmonary Medicine 2012-01, Vol.2012 (2012), p.21-26
Main Authors: Vyshedskiy, Andrey, Murphy, Raymond
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Objective. The phenomenon of pendelluft was described over five decades ago. In patients with regional variations in resistance and elastance, gas moves at the beginning of inspiration out of some alveoli into others. Gas moves in the opposite direction at the end of inspiration. The objective of this study was to apply the method of lung sounds mapping, which is known to provide regional information about gas flow, to study pendelluft in COPD patients. Methods. A 16-channel lung sound analyzer was used to collect sounds from patients with COPD (n=90) and age-matched normals (n=90). Pendelluft at the beginning of inspiration is expected to result in vesicular sounds leading the tracheal sound by a few milliseconds. Pendelluft at the end of inspiration is expected to result in vesicular sounds lagging the tracheal sound. These lead and lag times were calculated for the 14 chest wall sites. Results. The lead time was significantly longer in COPD patients: 123±107 ms versus 48±59 ms in controls (P
ISSN:2090-1836
2090-1844
DOI:10.1155/2012/139395