Table 3 Computer tomography-derived variables
From: Effects of regional perfusion block in healthy and injured lungs
Lung | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | p value ANOVA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lung weight (g) | L | 266 ± 15* | 287 ± 6* | 415 ± 119 | 484 ± 204 | 498 ± 53* | 0.075 |
R | 367 ± 38 | 413 ± 27 | 508 ± 119 | 581 ± 103 | 777 ± 62$ | < 0.001 | |
Normally aerated (%) | L | 61 ± 13 | 40 ± 2 | 32 ± 26 | 24 ± 14 | 30 ± 6 | 0.06 |
R | 60 ± 11 | 41 ± 10 | 39 ± 25 | 35 ± 13 | 15 ± 7$ | 0.021 | |
Poorly aerated (%) | L | 31 ± 14 | 46 ± 3 | 34 ± 12 | 38 ± 11 | 34 ± 7 | 0.441 |
R | 29 ± 13 | 31 ± 3 | 31 ± 10 | 35 ± 9 | 29 ± 13 | 0.877 | |
Non-aerated (%) | L | 8 ± 3 | 14 ± 1 | 33 ± 25 | 36 ± 13 | 35 ± 13 | 0.07 |
R | 10 ± 1 | 28 ± 13 | 29 ± 24 | 28 ± 13 | 55 ± 18$ | 0.034 | |
Overinflated (%) | L | 1.2 ± 1.5 | 0.1 ± 0.2 | 1.0 ± 1.6 | 0.5 ± 0.7 | 0.4 ± 0.5 | 0.68 |
R | 1.7 ± 2.4 | 0.1 ± 0.1 | 1.2 ± 1.8 | 0.8 ± 0.8 | 0.3 ± 0.3 | 0.568 | |
Gas/tissue ratio | L | 2.0 ± 0.9 | 1.1 ± 0.1 | 1.2 ± 1.1 | 0.8 ± 0.5 | 1.0 ± 0.3 | 0.281 |
R | 2.1 ± 1.1 | 1.1 ± 0.3 | 1.4 ± 1.1 | 1.2 ± 0.5 | 0.5 ± 0.3 | 0.131 | |
Recruitability (%) | L | 0.4 ± 6 | 4.4 ± 1.3 | 6 ± 14 | 8 ± 7 | 19 ± 13 | 0.232 |
R | 3 ± 5 | 7 ± 5 | 9 ± 16 | 8 ± 3 | 28 ± 23 | 0.129 |