Table 2.
Organic and inorganic analysis of human pulmonary secretions (Potter et al., 1963).
| Infection type | Number of examined patients | mg protein/g secretion | mg lipid/g secretion | % Solids (g solids/l00g secreted fluid) | μEquivalent/gm of whole pulmonary secretions |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Na | Cl | Ca | P | K | |||||
| Cystic fibrosis | 24 | 55.7 ± 20.3 | 31.4 ± 9.7 | 10.68 ± 2.23 | 101 ± 27 | 75 ± 12 | 7.3 ± 1.9 | 127 ± 44 | 28 ± 8.2 |
| Bronchiectasis | 8 | 20.4 ± 4.5 | 11.7 ± 4.3 | 5.2 ± 1.21 | 116 ± 15 | 97 ± 14 | 9.3 ± 2.6 | 37 ± 9 | 18.7 ± 3.2 |
| Laryngectomized | 29 | 10.0 ± 3.0 | 8.4 ± 2.7 | 5.21 ± 1.69 | 165 ± 42 | 162 ± 60 | 6.2 ± 2.0 | 27 ± 16 | 13.2 ± 5.4 |
Note: The number of patients for measuring protein and lipid contents were 8 in each group.