Julie A Bastarache1, Thida Ong, Michael A Matthay, Lorraine B Ware. 1. Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-2650, USA. julie.bastarache@vanderbilt.edu
Abstract
PURPOSE: Studies suggest that there is a sex difference in the development and outcomes of acute lung injury (ALI). Few studies have directly addressed the association of sex and alveolar fluid clearance (AFC), a process that is critical to ALI resolution. MATERIALS AND METHODS: To test the hypothesis that female sex is associated with an increased AFC rate, we measured AFC rates in 150 mechanically ventilated patients with acute pulmonary edema and a pulmonary edema fluid-to-plasma protein ratio (EF/PL) diagnostic of low permeability (EF/PL <0.65, n = 69) or high permeability (EF/PL ≥0.65, n = 81) edema. We measured protein concentration in serial samples of undiluted EF collected within 6 hours of intubation and calculated net rate of AFC. In addition, plasma levels of receptor for advanced glycation end products were measured as a surrogate marker for alveolar epithelial injury. RESULTS: In patients with ALI, women had higher rates of net AFC at 4 hours compared to men (11.9% per hour vs 4.3% per hour, P = .017) and more women had maximal rates of AFC. There were no differences in circulating levels of receptor for advanced glycation end products between men and women. CONCLUSIONS: These findings may have significant implications for future ALI studies and potential therapies. Published by Elsevier Inc.
PURPOSE: Studies suggest that there is a sex difference in the development and outcomes of acute lung injury (ALI). Few studies have directly addressed the association of sex and alveolar fluid clearance (AFC), a process that is critical to ALI resolution. MATERIALS AND METHODS: To test the hypothesis that female sex is associated with an increased AFC rate, we measured AFC rates in 150 mechanically ventilated patients with acute pulmonary edema and a pulmonary edema fluid-to-plasma protein ratio (EF/PL) diagnostic of low permeability (EF/PL <0.65, n = 69) or high permeability (EF/PL ≥0.65, n = 81) edema. We measured protein concentration in serial samples of undiluted EF collected within 6 hours of intubation and calculated net rate of AFC. In addition, plasma levels of receptor for advanced glycation end products were measured as a surrogate marker for alveolar epithelial injury. RESULTS: In patients with ALI, women had higher rates of net AFC at 4 hours compared to men (11.9% per hour vs 4.3% per hour, P = .017) and more women had maximal rates of AFC. There were no differences in circulating levels of receptor for advanced glycation end products between men and women. CONCLUSIONS: These findings may have significant implications for future ALI studies and potential therapies. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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