Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 45, Issue 4 528-535, Copyright © 1978 by American Physiological Society

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Regional intrapulmonary gas distribution in awake and anesthetized-paralyzed prone man

K. Rehder, T. J. Knopp and A. D. Sessler

The intrapulmonary distribution of inspired gas (ventilation/unit lung volume, VI), functional residual capacity (FRC), closing capacity (CC), and the slope of phase III were determined in five awake and five anesthetized-paralyzed volunteers who were in the prone position with the abdomen unsupported. After induction of anesthesia-paralysis, FRC was less in four of five subjects and CC was consistently less. At FRC there was no difference in the vertical gradient of regional lung volumes between the awake and anesthetized-paralyzed prone subjects. Also, there was no difference in VI between the two states. The normalized slope of phase III decreased consistently with induction of anesthesia-paralysis, but the vertical distribution of a 133Xe bolus inhaled from residual volume was not different between the two states. The data of the study are compatible with 1) a pattern of expansion of the respiratory system during anesthesia-paralysis and mechanical ventilation different than that during spontaneous breathing and 2) a more uniform intraregional distribution of inspired gas and/or a different sequence of emptying during anesthesia-paralysis.

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