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J Appl Physiol 16: 326-330, 1961;
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Extrathoracic airway resistance in man

Robert E. Hyatt 1 and Roger E. Wilcox 1

1 Cardiopulmonary Laboratory, Department of Medicine, and Department of Surgery, Beckley Memorial Hospital (Miners Memorial Hospital Association), Beckley, West Virginia

Simultaneous extrathoracic and intrathoracic flow resistance was measured in 19 unanesthetized subjects during mouth breathing. Lateral intratracheal pressure was recorded from a needle introduced 2 cm below the larynx. The intratracheal-oral pressure gradient was recorded during various respiratory maneuvers. The pressure drop from esophagus to trachea was also recorded. The extrathoracic pressure-flow relationships were alinear. Large inter- and intrasubject variability in upper airway resistance was encountered. Some factors contributing to this variability were defined. The upper airway accounted for approximately 45% of the total airway resistance in nine normal and 20% in 10 emphysematous human subjects. Upper airway resistance decreased with increasing lung inflation in four normal subjects. The magnitude and potential variability of the upper airway resistance must be considered in evaluating maneuvers designed to alter intrathoracic flow resistance, especially in normal human beings. It appears that during mouth breathing the major component of the upper airway resistance is located in the larynx.

Submitted on September 14, 1960




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