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. 2020 Dec 15;16(12):e1008466. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008466

Table 1. Physiological parameters#1.

Parameter Symbol(s) Value
Perfusion of conducting airways Qbr 7.8 L/h #2
Perfusion of alveolar space Qalv 312 L/h #3
Bronchial tissue volume Vtisbr 144 mL #4
Alveolar tissue volume Vtisalv 388 mL #4
Alveolar fluid volume Vflualv 36 mL [42]
Alveolar surface area SAflualv 130 m2 [43]
Location-resolved parameters rbr, aflubr, atisbr, qbr see main text

#1 Physiological parameters were assumed identical for healthy volunteers and asthmatic patients. Only deposition patterns were corrected for asthmatic patients.

#2 calculated based on 2.5% of cardiac output [44]

#3 equal to cardiac output, taken from [45, Table 22]

#4 computed from lung tissue weight of 532 g [45], assuming a tissue density of 1 g/mL and 27% central/73% peripheral lung tissue weight fraction as in [33, Supplement].

Summary of physiological parameters obtained from literature.