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  • Title: Changes in mechanics of breathing during experimental cough and sneeze in anaesthetized cats.
    Author: Kulisek V, Tomori Z.
    Journal: Acta Physiol Hung; 1987; 70(2-3):263-7. PubMed ID: 3434306.
    Abstract:
    Pleural pressure, airflow and tidal volume during experimental cough and sneeze elicited by mechanical stimulation of the tracheobronchial and nasal mucous membranes were investigated in fifty anaesthetized cats (pentobarbital, 40 mg/kg i.p.). Pressure-volume, pressure-flow and flow-volume relations were studied during these expulsive processes. In comparison to quiet breathing there was a decrease in dynamic lung compliance in both respiratory tract reflexes (p less than 0.001), especially in their expiratory phases. As compared to quiet breathing, the total work of breathing was significantly increased (p less than 0.001) in cough (20 times) as well as in sneeze (13 times). The total lung resistance increased markedly (p less than 0.001) in both cough and sneeze compared to quiet breathing. In these expulsive processes there was also a high "cough index" (resistance calculated from the peak flow and instantaneous pressure). The flow-volume curve in cough, in contradistinction to sneeze, indicated a significantly reduced airflow of the end of expiration (at 85% of the expired volume), demonstrating a concomitant bronchoconstriction.
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