Table 1.
Experimental design.
Study | Exposure duration (min) |
Number of phosgene exposed animals |
Number of sham animals |
Clinical observation time points (h) |
Quality of life scores (Y/N) |
Scheduled sacrifices (time post-challenge) |
Body and wet lung weights (Y/N) |
Gross necropsy and histopathology (Y/N) (n) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lethality | 10–30 | 249 | 214 | 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 24 and 48 | N | 0, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, and 48 h | Y | Y (84) |
Model Development | 34 | 185 | 55 | 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 36 and 48 | Y | 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 18, 24, 48 h, 5 and 7 days | Y | Y (156) |