Objective: To determine tracheal mucociliary clearance rate (TMCCR) by use of a standard protocol in healthy anesthetized cats and to determine the effect of theophylline on TMCCR in healthy anesthetized cats.
Animals: 6 healthy cats.
Procedure: Cats were anesthetized with propofol, and a droplet of the radiopharmaceutical technetium Tc 99m macroaggregated albumin was placed endoscopically at the carina. Dynamic acquisition scintigraphic imaging was performed, using the larynx as the end point. The TMCCR was determined by measuring the distance the droplet traveled by frame rate. Each cat was imaged 6 times as follows: 3 times following placebo administration and 3 times following the administration of sustained release theophylline (25 mg/kg, PO). Serum theophylline concentrations were assessed during imaging to ensure therapeutic concentrations.
Results: The TMCCR in healthy adult cats anesthetized with propofol was 22.2 +/- 2.8 mm/min. Tracheal mucociliary clearance rate in cats receiving theophylline was 21.8 +/- 3.5 mm/min. Theophylline administration did not significantly alterTMCCR.
Conclusions And Clinical Relevance: Theophylline has been shown to increase TMCCR in humans and dogs. In our study, we determined TMCCR in healthy anesthetized cats and found that it was not accelerated by the administration of theophylline.
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