Abstract
The net rate of liquid flow and Na + flux across the pleura was determined in anesthetised rabbit during hydrothoraces 0.5 to 5 ml in size, without and with amiloride. In the hydrothoraces with amiloride the net liquid flow and Na + flux reversed when the volume injected approached zero. This indicates that the active Na + transport and the consequent liquid absorption occur also under physiological conditions. The difference between the data obtained without and with amiloride provides the net solute-coupled liquid outflow and active Na + efflux. These parameters increased linearly with the hydrothorax size up to 2 ml (0.39 ml/h and 54 μEq/h, respectively), and the levelled off. The linear relationship allowed their extrapolation to physiological conditions: 0.15 ml/h (0.07 ml·h −1·kg −1) and 21 μEq/h (0.1 μEq·h −1·cm −2). The increase in these parameters with the hydrothorax size seems due to the protein dilution caused by the Ringer injection, because it did not occur if Ringer was added with albumin to keep the protein concentration in the pleural liquid similar to that under physiological conditions.
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