A video-laryngoscopic method, implemented with an algorithm for the correction of the deformation inherent in the endoscope optical system, has been used to measure the dorsoventral diameter (D(rg)) and the cross-sectional area (CSA(rg)) of the rima glottidis in five healthy workhorses during conscious breathing at rest. Simultaneous recording of the respiratory airflow was also obtained in two horses. D(rg) measured 82.7 ± 4.5 mm (mean ± S.D.) independently of the respiratory phase, and did not differ from the measurement in post-mortem anatomical specimens of the same horses. CSA(rg) ranged from 1130 ± 117 mm2 (mean ± S.D.) during the inspiratory phase to 640 ± 242 mm2 during the expiratory phase, being always narrower than tracheal cross-sectional area, which was 1616 ± 224 mm2 as determined from anatomical specimens. Both inspiratory and expiratory airflow waves displayed a biphasic pattern. Maximal laryngeal opening occurred in phase with the second inspiratory peak, while during expiration CSA(rg) attained a minimum value during the first expiratory peak which was significantly smaller (P < 0.01) than the area subsequently maintained during the rest of the expiratiory phase. These quantitative measurements of equine laryngeal movements substantiate the important role played by the larynx in regulating upper airway respiratory resistance and the expiratory airflow pattern at rest.

Laryngeal movements during the respiratory cycle measured with an endoscopic imaging technique in the conscious horse at rest / C.L. Lafortuna, M. Albertini, F. Ferrucci, E. Zucca, M. Braghieri, M.G. Clement, F. Saibene. - In: EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY. - ISSN 0958-0670. - 84:4(1999), pp. 739-746.

Laryngeal movements during the respiratory cycle measured with an endoscopic imaging technique in the conscious horse at rest

M. Albertini
Secondo
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F. Ferrucci;E. Zucca;M. Braghieri;M.G. Clement
Penultimo
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1999

Abstract

A video-laryngoscopic method, implemented with an algorithm for the correction of the deformation inherent in the endoscope optical system, has been used to measure the dorsoventral diameter (D(rg)) and the cross-sectional area (CSA(rg)) of the rima glottidis in five healthy workhorses during conscious breathing at rest. Simultaneous recording of the respiratory airflow was also obtained in two horses. D(rg) measured 82.7 ± 4.5 mm (mean ± S.D.) independently of the respiratory phase, and did not differ from the measurement in post-mortem anatomical specimens of the same horses. CSA(rg) ranged from 1130 ± 117 mm2 (mean ± S.D.) during the inspiratory phase to 640 ± 242 mm2 during the expiratory phase, being always narrower than tracheal cross-sectional area, which was 1616 ± 224 mm2 as determined from anatomical specimens. Both inspiratory and expiratory airflow waves displayed a biphasic pattern. Maximal laryngeal opening occurred in phase with the second inspiratory peak, while during expiration CSA(rg) attained a minimum value during the first expiratory peak which was significantly smaller (P < 0.01) than the area subsequently maintained during the rest of the expiratiory phase. These quantitative measurements of equine laryngeal movements substantiate the important role played by the larynx in regulating upper airway respiratory resistance and the expiratory airflow pattern at rest.
Settore VET/02 - Fisiologia Veterinaria
Settore VET/08 - Clinica Medica Veterinaria
1999
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