Water-pipe smoking effects on pulmonary permeability using technetium-99m DTPA inhalation scintigraphy

Annals of Nuclear Medicine
Aysel AydinE Ceylan

Abstract

Although extensive work has been done on cigarette smoking and its effects on pulmonary function, there are limited number of studies on water-pipe smoking. The effects of water-pipe smoking on health are not widely investigated. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of water-pipe smoking on pulmonary permeability. Technetium-99m DTPA inhalation scintigraphy was performed on 14 water-pipe smoker volunteers (all men, mean age 53.7 +/- 9.8) and 11 passive smoker volunteers (1 woman, 10 men, mean age 43.8 +/- 12). Clearance half-time (T 1/2) was calculated by placing a monoexponential fit on the time activity curves. Penetration index (PI) of the radioaerosol was also calculated. PI was 0.58 +/- 0.14 and 0.50 +/- 0.12 for water-pipe smokers (WPS) and passive smokers (PS) respectively. T 1/2 of peripheral lung was 57.3 +/- 12.7 and 64.6 +/- 13.2 min, central airways was 55.8 +/- 23.5 and 80.1 +/- 35.2 min for WPS and PS, respectively (p < or = 0.05). FEV1/FVC% was 82.1 +/- 8.5 (%) and 87.7 +/- 6.5 (%) for WPS and PS, respectively (0.025 < p < or = 0.05). We suggest that water-pipe smoking effects pulmonary epithelial permeability more than passive smoking. Increased central mucociliary clearance in water-pipe smoking m...Continue Reading

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