Lung aeration during sleep

Appelberg, Jonas; Pavlenko, Tatjana; Bergman, Henrik; Rothen, Hans Ulrich; Hedenstierna, Göran (2007). Lung aeration during sleep. Chest, 131(1), pp. 122-9. Northbrook, Ill.: American College of Chest Physicians 10.1378/chest.06-0359

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BACKGROUND: During sleep, ventilation and functional residual capacity (FRC) decrease slightly. This study addresses regional lung aeration during wakefulness and sleep. METHODS: Ten healthy subjects underwent spirometry awake and with polysomnography, including pulse oximetry, and also CT when awake and during sleep. Lung aeration in different lung regions was analyzed. Another three subjects were studied awake to develop a protocol for dynamic CT scanning during breathing. RESULTS: Aeration in the dorsal, dependent lung region decreased from a mean of 1.14 +/- 0.34 mL (+/- SD) of gas per gram of lung tissue during wakefulness to 1.04 +/- 0.29 mL/g during non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep (- 9%) [p = 0.034]. In contrast, aeration increased in the most ventral, nondependent lung region, from 3.52 +/- 0.77 to 3.73 +/- 0.83 mL/g (+ 6%) [p = 0.007]. In one subject studied during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, aeration decreased from 0.84 to 0.65 mL/g (- 23%). The fall in dorsal lung aeration during sleep correlated to awake FRC (R(2) = 0.60; p = 0.008). Airway closure, measured awake, occurred near and sometimes above the FRC level. Ventilation tended to be larger in dependent, dorsal lung regions, both awake and during sleep (upper region vs lower region, 3.8% vs 4.9% awake, p = 0.16, and 4.5% vs 5.5% asleep, p = 0.09, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Aeration is reduced in dependent lung regions and increased in ventral regions during NREM and REM sleep. Ventilation was more uniformly distributed between upper and lower lung regions than has previously been reported in awake, upright subjects. Reduced respiratory muscle tone and airway closure are likely causative factors.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Anaesthesiology (DINA) > Clinic of Intensive Care
UniBE Contributor:	Rothen, Hans Ulrich
ISSN:	0012-3692
ISBN:	17218565
Publisher:	American College of Chest Physicians
Language:	English
Submitter:	Factscience Import
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 14:55
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:17
Publisher DOI:	10.1378/chest.06-0359
PubMed ID:	17218565
Web of Science ID:	000243548100020
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/23557 (FactScience: 42387)