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Table 3 Shows total particle count for the different particle sizes from 1 to 8 during ex vivo lung perfusion ventilation during exposure to different drugs

From: A new way of monitoring mechanical ventilation by measurement of particle flow from the airways using Pexa method in vivo and during ex vivo lung perfusion in DCD lung transplantation

 

Exposure to different drugs during ex vivo lung perfusion

Baseline

Potassium

p value

Norephineprine

p value

Niprid3

p value

Particle 1

3116 ± 501

34,651 ± 14,996

0.031*

26,477 ± 10,248

n.s.

51,112 ± 33,163

n.s.

Particle 2

3402 ± 699

43,478 ± 18,622

0.028*

30,545 ± 13,340

n.s.

70,152 ± 49,852

n.s.

Particle 3

5367 ± 1033

60,670 ± 24,601

0.047*

42,213 ± 16,477

n.s.

107,173 ± 74,085

n.s.

Particle 4

4649 ± 1140

37,785 ± 15,403

0.018*

25,788 ± 10,395

n.s.

71,795 ± 47,225

n.s.

Particle 5

1541 ± 502

13,298 ± 5487

n.s.

8900 ± 3438

n.s.

27,202 ± 17,516

n.s.

Particle 6

1112 ± 354

8500 ± 2967

n.s.

5643 ± 1982

n.s.

17,453 ± 11,027

n.s.

Particle 7

238 ± 87

2655 ± 895

0.048*

1757 ± 584

n.s.

5118 ± 3260

n.s.

Particle 8

221 ± 68

1182 ± 437

n.s.

908 ± 368

n.s.

2373 ± 1539

n.s.

  1. Significance was defined as: p < 0.05 (*), and p > 0.05 (not significant, n.s.)