Robert Sturm1. 1. Division of Physics and Biophysics, Department of Material Science and Physics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: A mathematical model describing mucociliary clearance in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients and its development with progressing course of the disease was developed. The approach should support the prediction of the disease state on the basis of measured bronchial clearance efficiencies. METHODS: The approach is based on the assumption of a steady-state steady-flow mucus transport through the tracheobronchial tree which enables the determination of airway generation-specific mucus velocities by using a measured tracheal mucus velocity and a realistic morphometric dataset of the human lung. Architecture of the tracheobronchial tree was approximated by a stochastic model, reflecting the intra-subject variability of geometric parameters within a given lung generation. RESULTS: As predicted by the appropriately validated mathematical approach, mucociliary clearance efficiency in CF patients is partly significantly decreased with respect to healthy controls. 24-h retention of patients with mild CF (FEV(1) >70% of predicted) is reduced by 10% compared to healthy subjects, whilst 24-h retention of patients with moderate to severe CF (FEV(1) <70% of predicted) differs by 25% from that of the healthy controls. These discrepancies are further enhanced with continuation of the clearance process. CONCLUSIONS: The theoretical results lead to the conclusion that CF patients have a higher risk of inhaled particle accumulation and related particle overload in specific lung compartments than healthy subjects.
BACKGROUND: A mathematical model describing mucociliary clearance in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients and its development with progressing course of the disease was developed. The approach should support the prediction of the disease state on the basis of measured bronchial clearance efficiencies. METHODS: The approach is based on the assumption of a steady-state steady-flow mucus transport through the tracheobronchial tree which enables the determination of airway generation-specific mucus velocities by using a measured tracheal mucus velocity and a realistic morphometric dataset of the human lung. Architecture of the tracheobronchial tree was approximated by a stochastic model, reflecting the intra-subject variability of geometric parameters within a given lung generation. RESULTS: As predicted by the appropriately validated mathematical approach, mucociliary clearance efficiency in CFpatients is partly significantly decreased with respect to healthy controls. 24-h retention of patients with mild CF (FEV(1) >70% of predicted) is reduced by 10% compared to healthy subjects, whilst 24-h retention of patients with moderate to severe CF (FEV(1) <70% of predicted) differs by 25% from that of the healthy controls. These discrepancies are further enhanced with continuation of the clearance process. CONCLUSIONS: The theoretical results lead to the conclusion that CFpatients have a higher risk of inhaled particle accumulation and related particle overload in specific lung compartments than healthy subjects.
Authors: Laura de Castro E Garcia; Lucas Montiel Petry; Pedro Augusto Van Der Sand Germani; Luiza Fernandes Xavier; Paula Barros de Barros; Amanda da Silva Meneses; Laura Menestrino Prestes; Luana Braga Bittencourt; Marina Puerari Pieta; Frederico Friedrich; Leonardo Araújo Pinto Journal: Front Pediatr Date: 2022-05-16 Impact factor: 3.569
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