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Everson, Daniel Peter. "Development of a forced oscillation test technique for determination of MAV stability characteristics." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/3236.
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Gangell, Catherine Louise. "Evaluation of the forced oscillation technique for clinical assessment of young children with cystic fibrosis." University of Western Australia. School of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2008. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2008.0213.
Full textKostic, Peter. "New methods for optimization of mechanical ventilation." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Anestesiologi och intensivvård, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-249172.
Full textKlein, Carmen. "Sonographie der Lunge und Analyse der Atmungsmechanik mittels Impuls-Oszilloresistometrie beim lungengesunden und pneumoniekranken Ferkel und Läuferschwein." Doctoral thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2004. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-36551.
Full textCarmen Klein: Lung Sonography and Analysis of the Respiratory Mechanics by means of Impulse Oscilloresistometry in Healthy and Pneumonic Piglets and Porkers Institute of Bacteriology and Mycology Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Leipzig Germany Federal Institute for Health Protection of Consumers and Veterinary Medicine Jena Branch Germany submitted in May 1999 (157 pages, 52 figures, 34 tables, 285 references, appendix with 62 pages, 15 figures, 50 tables) Two non-invasive diagnostic methods, i.e. lung sonography and impulse oscillometry, were examined for the first time with regard to their applicability and evidence in clinically healthy as well as pneumonic weaned piglets and porkers of up to ca. 50 kg b.w. A total of 45 healthy or pneumonic swine was subjected to lung sonography. For this purpose, the animals were sedated with 2.0 mg/k b.w. diazepam. Six clinically healthy swine were studied to establish the lung area accessible to sonography in this animal species. Sonography was found to cover well the cranioventral sections of the lung often affected by pneumonias. The findings established by lung sonography in the swine showed a good coincidence with results described in literature for other species. The findings in swine revealed the following picture. ? No changes: sonography NAD ? Low-grade changes: little pronounced comet-tail artefacts ? Moderate changes: Comet-tail artefacts and consolidations or echogenic basic pattern including comet-tail artifacts ? High-degree changes: basic echogenic pattern or basic echogenic pattern plus abscess or necrosis Lung sonography findings in 34 swine were assigned to the corresponding pathological-anatomical findings. Tissue considered as unchanged from the pathological-anatomical angle was found to be without or with only minor sonographic changes, with a probability (sensitivity) of 95.65 %. In tissue exhibiting pathological-anatomical changes, sonographic findings showed pictures of moderate and high-degree changes, with a probability (sensitivity) of 74.62 % A total of 49 tissue samples was subjected to histological examination. It was not possible to infer, from the sonographic findings, the type of pneumonia diagnosed histologically in the swine. Nevertheless, a statistically confirmed correlation between the degree of pronouncedness of the histological changes and the sonographic findings was established. The pronouncedness of the histological changes was, like other factors, directly related to the air content of the lung tissue. Impulse oscillometry being a method used to analyze respiratory mechanics was applied to swine either sedated by means of diazepam (1.5 - 2.0 mg/kg b.w.) or non-sedated by medication but trained correspondingly. The animals were fixed in a canvas sling with openings for the limbs, avoiding stress, and the measuring system was adapted to the animal using a rigid face mask hermetically fitting to the animal's head. A total of 26 animals was included in the studies to examine a variety of factors influencing the IOS parameters. The following parameters were considered: Respiratory rate (Af), tidal volume (Vt), the spectral parameters resistance (R), reactance (X) and coherence (K) at 5, 10, 15 and 20 Hz each (R5, ...R20, X5, ...X20, K5, ...K20) as well as the model parameters, central (Rz) and peripheral (Rp) resistance, lung compliance (Cl) and central inertance (Lz). A variability analysis involving five non-sedated, clinically healthy swine served to examine the reproducibility of the results of three IOS measurements either performed consecutively within a few minutes, or on three consecutive days at the same time of the day. During the brief period of a few minutes, the variability of the results of measurements, for most parameters, was due to inter-individual factors while in the case of an analysis over several days, the intra-individual share of variability increased. In the context of the IOS measurements performed in eleven clinically healthy, sedated swine over a period of 62 days, development in terms of age and body weight could only partially explain the variations of the IOS parameters taking place with growth. The influence of the time of the day on IOS parameters studied in eight clinically healthy, sedated swine was found to be small; coincidence with data given in literature, however, was seen as a tendency. The influence of diazepam sedation on the IOS parameters was examined in 16 clinically healthy swine. This medication resulted in a significant reduction of Af and Vt and improved quality of IOS measurements (K5, K10, K20). In seven clinically healthy, non-sedated swine, defined respiratory situations, i.e. bronchospasm and bronchodilatation were generated by aerosol inhalation of pharmacologically active substances such as carbachol and fenoterolhydrobromide and demonstrated by IOS measurements. This state of the bronchial system is characterized by the changes in IOS parameters found at the time of the bronchospasmic reaction, in particular the vehement rise of resistance in the lower frequency range (R5), the obvious drop in reactance, especially at 5 Hz and the noteworthy rise in the model parameter, Rp. Nine clinically healthy, sedated swine were examined first with their heads in a physiological and then, in a vertical position of their heads. The severe bending in the head-neck area produced an extrathoracic obstruction. Spectral resistance (R5 - R20) and the model parameter, Rz were significantly higher at a vertical position of the head. An experimental infection of seven sedated swine with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae served as a model to study the course of respiratory disease. The animals were subjected to regular IOS measurements over a period of 23 days. The results of IOS measurements performed 3 days p.i. (elevated resistance over the entire frequency range, vehement rise of Rz and Lz) reflected, above all, an involvement of the extrathoracic and central areas of the respiratory tract. As a result, the modifications of defined IOS parameters (intensification of negative frequency dependency, rise in Rp, drop in Cl) which were present at least as a tendency, indicated an additional involvement of the peripheral lung areas. The results of IOS measurements over a defined period were compared with the findings from lung sonography. High correlations between IOS parameters indicating peripheral changes and lung changes detected by sonography were demonstrated. Conclusions 1.) Both diagnostic methods studied may be used in swine and will provide a valuable completion of conventional diagnosis in the respiratory tract of this species. 2.) With a high probability, lung sonography will provide evidence of the presence of visible pathological-anatomical changes in the lung and their extent in the lung area that is accessible to sonography. 3.) Impulse oscillometry provides a complex of parameters that contain information about the functional state of the entire respiratory system. This state is dependent upon numerous physiological factors (among them position of the head, growth, time of the day), pharmacologically active substances administered (e.g. diazepam, carbachol, fenoterolhydrobromide) and the presence of respiratory disease (e.g. caused by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae). 4.) Since the two methods reflect different facts, i.e. the morphological (sonography) and the functional (impulse oscillometry) state of the respiratory system, they supply mutually supplementing information. 5.) Both diagnostic methods offer themselves above all for use in scientific research on swine. Owing to their non-invasive character, it is possible to handle test animals in a non-offensive way. 6.) In specific cases, lung sonography may also be used in the veterinary practitioner's surgery, e.g. for the examination of animals kept for breeding
Wouters, Emiel Frans Maria. "Bronchial response in COPD measured by forced oscillation technique." Maastricht : Maastricht : Rijksuniversiteit Limburg ; University Library, Maastricht University [Host], 1987. http://arno.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=5376.
Full textMacleod, Dominic Paul. "Use of a within-breath forced oscillation technique : development and clinical applications." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.298301.
Full textBaraket, Melissa, and mbaraket@med usyd edu au. "Comparison of the effects of low dose and high dose inhaled corticosteroid treatment of mild to moderate asthma in adults." University of Sydney, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/4855.
Full textAsthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways. Corticosteroid medication is the most effective currently available treatment. Complications of corticosteroid therapy are dose-dependent, however, the clinical efficacy of varying doses of inhaled corticosteroids has been studied with mixed results. A randomized, double-blind, parallel group study was used to evaluate the inhaled corticosteroid dose-response relationship for clinical endpoints and in vitro parameters of underlying airway inflammation and remodelling. The mannitol provocation test with Forced Oscillation Technique (FOT) was used to derive potential dose-differentiating endpoints. In vitro inflammatory markers were measured in alveolar macrophages from bronchoalveolar lavage. Basement membrane thickness was measured from bronchial biopsies. Eleven nonasthmatic subjects were enrolled for comparison. This thesis addresses the null hypothesis that there is no significant difference in clinical and biological effects between low dose (200mcg/day, n=11) and high dose (1000mcg/day, n=11) treatment (for 6-7 weeks) with inhaled fluticasone propionate (FP) for a range of clinical outcomes and in vitro markers of airway inflammation and remodelling. Significant changes after FP included increased FEV1, reduced airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) (by FOT and FEV1), exhaled nitric oxide and Juniper symptom score. In addition, significant reductions occurred in expression of GM-CSF, TNF-alpha and IL-1ra in macrophages. A lower baseline FOT-derived respiratory system conductance was predictive of a greater degree of improvement in symptoms. No statistically significant differences in the changes after treatment between low and high dose FP were found in spirometry, exhaled nitric oxide, symptom scores, AHR, alveolar macrophage cytokine levels (GM-CSF, TNF-alpha, IL-1ra, IL-10) and basement membrane thickness, although there were trends towards greater improvements in many of the parameters after high dose FP. Basement membrane thickness appeared to be reduced by high dose FP, although this reduction was not statistically significant. There was a weak, but statistically significant, negative correlation between basement membrane thickness and FOT-derived conductance (r2=0.135, p=0.042). With the recognition of the limitations in the interpretation of these data, the results suggest that, in previously steroid naïve mild to moderate asthmatics, there may be only minimal benefit derived from an additional 800µg/day of inhaled fluticasone above the low dose of 200µg/day.
Heijkenskjöld, Rentzhog Charlotte. "Towards Improved Diagnostics and Monitoring in Childhood Asthma : Methodological and Clinical Aspects of Exhaled NO and Forced Oscillation Technique." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-304264.
Full textNirav, Daphtary. "Lung Impedance Measurements Using Tracked Breathing." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2010. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/162.
Full textTramont, Caio Vinícius Villalón. "Análise das alterações decorrentes do envelhecimento na mecânica respiratória pela técnica de oscilações forçadas." Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2009. http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=2269.
Full textThe increase in the elderly percentage in the population occurs worldwide. To know the impact of the aging process, in this context, on the respiratory system, is crucial. The unawareness of the impact of aging, with different exposure degrees to pollution and the presence of commorbities introduces difficulty in the pneumopathies diagnosis make worsen the elderlys quality of life. The Forced Oscillation Technique (FOT) has as advantages a high application potential in elderly people, detailed analysis of the respiratory mechanics, plays complementary role and alternative in the impossibility to perform the traditional exams, as well. A comparative experimental study was done with the purpose of analyze the impact of aging in the respiratory system by FOT and spirometry between groups of different ages. Age is the independent variable and the dependent variables are the oscillometric parameters continuum regime resistance (R0), central airways resistance (Rm), slope of resistance (S), resonant frequency (fr), average reactance (Xm), dynamic compliance (Cdin,sr) and the spirometry parameters (FEV1, FVC, FEV1/CVF and FEF/FVC). Interviews, clinical examination, thoracic roentgenograms, mensuration of the respiratory mechanics by FOT and of the pulmonary function by spirometry were performed. 255 individuals aged from 20 to 86 years were interviewed. From these, 175 were excluded and the 80 remaining volunteers were analyzed and divided into six groups according to age (A: 20-29 years old; B: 30-39 years old; C: 40-49 years old; D: 50-59 years old; E: 60-69 years old; F: 70 or more years old). The Shapiro-Wilkins test was used in the analysis of the normality of the biometric data in each group. Oneway ANOVA was used in the comparison between groups and the Tukey HSD test was used in the comparison between the underlying classes. The analysis of the association between two variables was done initially between the oscilometric parameters, age and height. Multiple regressions between oscilometric parameters, age and height was performed in conjunction. Confounding analysis or effect modification over height and oscilometric parameters was done. The correction by the height factor was done when its analysis presented confounding factor. There were not changes in the resistive parameters R0 and Rm with age while the decrease seen in S is slight and not significant. In the reactive parameters, it was found that Cdin,sr and Xm decrease while fr increases with the aging process. All of these changes are significant. However, the decrease in Cdin,sr is not related to the aging process but with height, which was a confounding factor. It was found that the spirometric parameters FEV1, FVC and CVF presented a significant decrease and the index FEF/CVF presented a not significant decrease. Concluding, the resistance and the dynamic compliance of the respiratory system do not change while the homogeneity of the respiratory system decreases with the aging process.
Peleteiro, Paula Morisco de Sá. "O uso da Técnica de Oscilações Forçadas na análise da mecânica ventilatória de indivíduos portadores de silicose classificados em diferentes graus de obstrução." Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2011. http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=6294.
Full textThe term silicosis is the name given to the pulmonary fibrosis caused by inhalation of dust containing crystalline silica. Is a typical occupational disease, chronic, incurable, starting in the peripheral airways and that can progress independently of the end of exposure. The pulmonary function tests, although not used as a diagnostic tool for silicosis, are widely employed to follow these individuals. Recent works suggests that the Forced Oscilation Technique (FOT) may be applied in the detection of early respiratory changes in silicosis. However, few studies have been analyzing the changes on respiratory mechanics associated with silicosis through the FOT. In this context, the aims of this study were (1) to analyze changes respiratory mechanics in subjects with silicosis with different degrees of obstruction by FOT, and (2) to evaluate the potential of the FOT to detect alterations in the lung function resulting from silicosis. This is a sectional study evaluation of prevalent cases, with the evaluation unit the individual. The examinations included measurement of FOT and spirometry. Sixty-seven volunteers were analyzed: 21 healthy subjects and 46 with silicosis. Spirometry was used to classify airway obstruction in the silicosis groups. This classification resulted in three categories: normal spirometric exam (n = 12); mild obstruction (n = 22); moderate or severe obstruction (n = 12.). All subjects performed FOT exam for the analysis of resistive and reactive properties of the respiratory system. The order of the examinations was FOT, followed by spirometry. Considering the groups classified according to the spirometry, the resistive and reactive the parameters and the impedance of the respiratory system at 4Hz (|Z4Hz|), have changed significantly with the progression of obstructive. The analysis of the diagnostic power of FOT parameters R0, Rm, and Rsr4 |Z4Hz| showed to be accurate to identify the changes of respiratory mechanics in silicosis patients with mild obstructive lung disease. To the moderate and severe obstructions, all the parameters analyzed showed adequate to identify these changes. In the analysis between the control and normal exam, no parameters of the FOT showed adequate measure to use to correctly identify these subjects. The FOT parameters adequately described the pathophysiological changes associated with silicosis and presented adequate accuracy for clinical use, indicating that this technique can be helpful in the evaluation respiratory mechanics in this disease.
Souza, Georgia Alencar Franco de. "Análise das alterações de mecânica respiratória e da resposta broncodilatadora em crianças asmáticas por meio da Técnica de oscilações Forçadas." Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2010. http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=2104.
Full textThe increase of our knowledge about changes in respiratory mechanics and response to bronchodilator use in asthmatic children may contribute to a better understanding of this disease. The forced oscillation technique (FOT) has high potential in this sense, since it allows a detailed assessment of respiratory mechanics in asthmatic children. Thus, the objectives of this study are: (1) increase our understanding of the changes in respiratory mechanics of asthma in children, (2) investigate the clinical potential of FOT and (3) analyze the changes in respiratory mechanics resulting from bronchodilator response in asthmatic children. The present study examined 93 children, separated in the control group (n=31) and the asthmatic group divided according to the degree of airflow obstruction determined by spirometry in normal spirometry results (n=31) and with mild airway obstruction (n=31). Using the FOT we analyzed parameters related to the resistance of the respiratory system R0 (intercept resistance), Rm (resistance average) and S (slope of the resistance). R0 and Rm increased with airflow obstruction (p<0.002 and p<0.02, respectively) and S decreased (p<0.0007), indicating increased respiratory system non-homogeneity. There was a reduction in parameters related to the reactive properties of the respiratory system, Cst,sr (dynamic compliance, p<0.03) and Xm (reactance average, p<0,001) with increasing obstruction. The module of the respiratory system impedance at 4 Hz (| Zrs4Hz |) was also studied. This parameter is related to the total mechanical load on the respiratory system, and increased significantly with obstruction (p<0,001). Analyzing the diagnostic performance of FOT parameters, R0, Rm, Cst,sr and |Zrs4Hz| presented adequate values for clinical use in the identification of mild airway obstruction (AUC>0.7). These values were higher than that observed in the identification of the normal to the spirometric exam group, which may be related to the higher modifications in the group of children with mild airway obstruction. The bronchodilator response was studied by observing the differences within the same group of children, measuring the changes in each group before and after bronchodilator use. The parameters related to the resistance, R0, Rm and S showed significant improvement indicating reduced resistance in control group (p<0.00001,p<0.0003 e 0.00001), normal spirometry results (p<0.000002, p<0.00008 e 0.0006) and with mild airway obstruction (p<0.0001, p<0.0007 e 0.000001). These changes occurred in the control group and groups of children with asthma. Crs,din and Xm also showed significant changes in all groups studied in control group p<0.0001, p<0.00001), normal spirometry results (p<0.00006, p<0.00001) and with mild airway obstruction (p<0.0001, p<0.00001), a fact also observed in the analysis of | Zrs4Hz |, with showed a significant decrease in control group (p<0.00001), normal spirometry results(p<0.00001) and with mild airway obstruction (p<0.00001). We conclude that the increase of the degree of airflow obstruction in asthmatic children introduces increases in the resistance of the respiratory system, reductions in the dynamic compliance, reduction in homogeneity, as well as increase in the total respiratory system mechanical load. The FOT is able to detect respiratory changes in patients with mild airway obstruction. The use of bronchodilator medication introduces changes in asthmatic children, as well as in normal children. The results of the present study indicate that the FOT can be a sensitive test to evaluate the changes associated with asthma in children.
Jonasson, Sofia. "Lung mechanics and airway inflammation in murine models of asthma." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Klinisk fysiologi, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-107061.
Full textCosta, Bruno Bittencourt da. "Desenvolvimento de um aparelho portátil que emprega a técnica de oscilações forçadas para estudo do sistema respiratório." Universidade Federal de Sergipe, 2012. https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/5017.
Full textO uso da Técnica de Oscilações Forçadas (TOF) no estudo das propriedades mecânicas do sistema respiratório foi proposto por DUBOIS (1956). Essa técnica permite estudar o comportamento mecânico do sistema respiratório e, a partir de modelos, extrair características da mecânica pulmonar que seriam pouco perceptíveis por outros métodos. O objeto deste trabalho foi a construção de um aparelho portátil que utiliza a técnica de oscilações forçadas para que os exames pudessem ser realizados em locais com pouco espaço. O aparelho da TOF2 foi remodelado a partir de uma versão inicial denominada TOF1. Seus componentes foram integrados substituindo o conjunto de aparelhos, fonte, gerador de sinais, transdutores de pressão e placa de aquisição de dados por um único sistema portátil. Foi desenvolvido também um sistema de processamento dos dados coletados. No processo de validação do TOF2 foram calibrados os transdutores de pressão, definidos a aquisição e o processamento dos dados, foi construído um modelo resistência-inertância-complacência (RIC) padrão (analogue) e comparou-se o valor de impedâncias conhecidas com os valores mensurados no TOF2. Os resultados foram compatíveis aos valores obtidos na caracterização das resistências. A reprodutibilidade das medidas de resistência com o TOF2 acoplado ao analogue, juntamente com a função de coerência foi superior a 95%,o que indica uma boa confiabilidade dos dados. Conclui-se que o aparelho desenvolvido, denominado TOF2, inclui toda a instrumentação necessária para realizar as medições convencionais de um aparelho TOF, e cumpre as recomendações gerais para a elaboração e implementação do sistema de medidas.
Hund-Huart, Muriel. "Etude des transferts interfaciaux en extraction liquide-liquide sous champ électrique." Paris, ENMP, 1988. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00845221.
Full textKlein, Carmen. "Sonographie der Lunge und Analyse der Atmungsmechanik mittels Impuls-Oszilloresistometrie beim lungengesunden und pneumoniekranken Ferkel und Läuferschwein." Doctoral thesis, 2000. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A10874.
Full textCarmen Klein: Lung Sonography and Analysis of the Respiratory Mechanics by means of Impulse Oscilloresistometry in Healthy and Pneumonic Piglets and Porkers Institute of Bacteriology and Mycology Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Leipzig Germany Federal Institute for Health Protection of Consumers and Veterinary Medicine Jena Branch Germany submitted in May 1999 (157 pages, 52 figures, 34 tables, 285 references, appendix with 62 pages, 15 figures, 50 tables) Two non-invasive diagnostic methods, i.e. lung sonography and impulse oscillometry, were examined for the first time with regard to their applicability and evidence in clinically healthy as well as pneumonic weaned piglets and porkers of up to ca. 50 kg b.w. A total of 45 healthy or pneumonic swine was subjected to lung sonography. For this purpose, the animals were sedated with 2.0 mg/k b.w. diazepam. Six clinically healthy swine were studied to establish the lung area accessible to sonography in this animal species. Sonography was found to cover well the cranioventral sections of the lung often affected by pneumonias. The findings established by lung sonography in the swine showed a good coincidence with results described in literature for other species. The findings in swine revealed the following picture. ? No changes: sonography NAD ? Low-grade changes: little pronounced comet-tail artefacts ? Moderate changes: Comet-tail artefacts and consolidations or echogenic basic pattern including comet-tail artifacts ? High-degree changes: basic echogenic pattern or basic echogenic pattern plus abscess or necrosis Lung sonography findings in 34 swine were assigned to the corresponding pathological-anatomical findings. Tissue considered as unchanged from the pathological-anatomical angle was found to be without or with only minor sonographic changes, with a probability (sensitivity) of 95.65 %. In tissue exhibiting pathological-anatomical changes, sonographic findings showed pictures of moderate and high-degree changes, with a probability (sensitivity) of 74.62 % A total of 49 tissue samples was subjected to histological examination. It was not possible to infer, from the sonographic findings, the type of pneumonia diagnosed histologically in the swine. Nevertheless, a statistically confirmed correlation between the degree of pronouncedness of the histological changes and the sonographic findings was established. The pronouncedness of the histological changes was, like other factors, directly related to the air content of the lung tissue. Impulse oscillometry being a method used to analyze respiratory mechanics was applied to swine either sedated by means of diazepam (1.5 - 2.0 mg/kg b.w.) or non-sedated by medication but trained correspondingly. The animals were fixed in a canvas sling with openings for the limbs, avoiding stress, and the measuring system was adapted to the animal using a rigid face mask hermetically fitting to the animal''s head. A total of 26 animals was included in the studies to examine a variety of factors influencing the IOS parameters. The following parameters were considered: Respiratory rate (Af), tidal volume (Vt), the spectral parameters resistance (R), reactance (X) and coherence (K) at 5, 10, 15 and 20 Hz each (R5, ...R20, X5, ...X20, K5, ...K20) as well as the model parameters, central (Rz) and peripheral (Rp) resistance, lung compliance (Cl) and central inertance (Lz). A variability analysis involving five non-sedated, clinically healthy swine served to examine the reproducibility of the results of three IOS measurements either performed consecutively within a few minutes, or on three consecutive days at the same time of the day. During the brief period of a few minutes, the variability of the results of measurements, for most parameters, was due to inter-individual factors while in the case of an analysis over several days, the intra-individual share of variability increased. In the context of the IOS measurements performed in eleven clinically healthy, sedated swine over a period of 62 days, development in terms of age and body weight could only partially explain the variations of the IOS parameters taking place with growth. The influence of the time of the day on IOS parameters studied in eight clinically healthy, sedated swine was found to be small; coincidence with data given in literature, however, was seen as a tendency. The influence of diazepam sedation on the IOS parameters was examined in 16 clinically healthy swine. This medication resulted in a significant reduction of Af and Vt and improved quality of IOS measurements (K5, K10, K20). In seven clinically healthy, non-sedated swine, defined respiratory situations, i.e. bronchospasm and bronchodilatation were generated by aerosol inhalation of pharmacologically active substances such as carbachol and fenoterolhydrobromide and demonstrated by IOS measurements. This state of the bronchial system is characterized by the changes in IOS parameters found at the time of the bronchospasmic reaction, in particular the vehement rise of resistance in the lower frequency range (R5), the obvious drop in reactance, especially at 5 Hz and the noteworthy rise in the model parameter, Rp. Nine clinically healthy, sedated swine were examined first with their heads in a physiological and then, in a vertical position of their heads. The severe bending in the head-neck area produced an extrathoracic obstruction. Spectral resistance (R5 - R20) and the model parameter, Rz were significantly higher at a vertical position of the head. An experimental infection of seven sedated swine with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae served as a model to study the course of respiratory disease. The animals were subjected to regular IOS measurements over a period of 23 days. The results of IOS measurements performed 3 days p.i. (elevated resistance over the entire frequency range, vehement rise of Rz and Lz) reflected, above all, an involvement of the extrathoracic and central areas of the respiratory tract. As a result, the modifications of defined IOS parameters (intensification of negative frequency dependency, rise in Rp, drop in Cl) which were present at least as a tendency, indicated an additional involvement of the peripheral lung areas. The results of IOS measurements over a defined period were compared with the findings from lung sonography. High correlations between IOS parameters indicating peripheral changes and lung changes detected by sonography were demonstrated. Conclusions 1.) Both diagnostic methods studied may be used in swine and will provide a valuable completion of conventional diagnosis in the respiratory tract of this species. 2.) With a high probability, lung sonography will provide evidence of the presence of visible pathological-anatomical changes in the lung and their extent in the lung area that is accessible to sonography. 3.) Impulse oscillometry provides a complex of parameters that contain information about the functional state of the entire respiratory system. This state is dependent upon numerous physiological factors (among them position of the head, growth, time of the day), pharmacologically active substances administered (e.g. diazepam, carbachol, fenoterolhydrobromide) and the presence of respiratory disease (e.g. caused by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae). 4.) Since the two methods reflect different facts, i.e. the morphological (sonography) and the functional (impulse oscillometry) state of the respiratory system, they supply mutually supplementing information. 5.) Both diagnostic methods offer themselves above all for use in scientific research on swine. Owing to their non-invasive character, it is possible to handle test animals in a non-offensive way. 6.) In specific cases, lung sonography may also be used in the veterinary practitioner''s surgery, e.g. for the examination of animals kept for breeding.