Abstract
Using a 50-compartment Python-coded mathematical lung model, we compared mixed venous blood flow (Q) distributions and arterial oxygen tension/inspired oxygen fraction (PaO2/FiO2) relationships in lungs modeled with log normal distributions (LND) of inspired (VI) versus expired (VA) alveolar gas volumes. In lungs with normal V/Q heterogeneity, Q versus VA/Q and Q versus VI/Q distributions were similar with either approach, and PaO2/FiO2 sequences remained indistinguishable. In V/Q heterogeneous lungs at high FiO2, VILND generated low Q versus VA/Q shoulders and some negative VA units, while VALND preserved Q versus VA/Q log normality by blood flow diversion from low VI/Q units. We managed VILND-induced negative VA units either by shunt conversion (VI decreased to 0) or VI redistribution simulating collateral ventilation (VI increased till VA = 0). Comparing oxygen transfer: VALND > VILND (redistribution) > VILND (shunt). In V/Q heterogeneous lungs VALND and VILND (redistribution) regained near optimal oxygen transfer on 100% oxygen, while impairment persisted with VILND (shunt). Unlike VALND, VILND (redistribution) produced Q versus VA/Q distributions in V/Q heterogeneity compatible with multiple inert gas (MIGET) reports. VILND (redistribution) is a physiologically-based MIGET-compatible alternative to West's original VALND lung modeling approach.
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