作者: James S. Brown , Kirby L. Zeman , William D. Bennett
DOI: 10.1164/RCCM.200205-399OC
关键词: Medicine 、 Airway 、 Inhalation 、 Pathology 、 Mucociliary clearance 、 Lung 、 Ultrafine particle 、 Internal medicine 、 Respiratory disease 、 Deposition (aerosol physics) 、 Gastroenterology 、 Dose rate
摘要: Numerous epidemiologic studies have shown associations between exposure to particulate air pollution and acute increases in morbidity mortality, particularly persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The dosimetry of ultrafine particles the human lung is poorly characterized. We studied deposition clearance an technetium-99m–labeled aerosol 10 patients disease 9 healthy subjects. Particle retention was followed for 2 hours after inhalation again at 24 by γ scintigraphy. Central-to-peripheral ratios indexed airway deposition. accumulation liver examined quantifying activity below right lung. dose rate μg/m3 calculated. Patients had a significantly greater than subjects (2.9 ± 1.0 versus 1.9 0.4 μg/h, p = 0.02). were slightly (1.11 0.10 1.01 0.11...