Estimation of normal lung weight index in healthy female domestic pigs.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Lung weight is an important study endpoint to assess lung edema in porcine experiments on acute respiratory distress syndrome and ventilatory induced lung injury. Evidence on the relationship between lung-body weight relationship is lacking in the literature. The aim of this work is to provide a reference equation between normal lung and body weight in female domestic piglets.

Materials and methods

177 healthy female domestic piglets from previous studies were included in the analysis. Lung weight was assessed either via a CT-scan before any experimental injury or with a scale after autopsy. The animals were randomly divided in a training (n = 141) and a validation population (n = 36). The relation between body weight and lung weight index (lung weight/body weig

SUBMITTER: Fioccola A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10811311 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature