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J Appl Physiol 51: 660-664, 1981;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 51, Issue 3 660-664, Copyright © 1981 by American Physiological Society

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Effect of transrespiratory pressure on PETCO2-PaCO2 and ventilatory reflexes in humans

R. Banzett, K. Strohl, B. Geffroy and J. Mead

Inspiratory muscle activity increases when lung volume is increased by continuous positive-pressure breathing in conscious human subjects (Green et al., Respir. Physiol. 35: 283-300, 1978). Because end-tidal CO2 pressure (PETCO2) does not change, these increases have not been attributed to chemoreflexes. However, continuous positive-pressure breathing at 20 cmH2O influences the end-tidal to arterial CO2 pressure differences (Folkow and Pappenheimer, J. Appl. Physiol. 8: 102-110, 1955). We have compared PETCO2 with arterial CO2 pressure (PaCO2). We have compared PETCO2 with arterial CO2 pressure (PaCO2) in healthy human subjects exposed to continuous positive airway pressure (10 cmH2O) or continuous negative pressure around the torso (-15 cmH2O) sufficient to increase mean lung volume by about 650 ml. The difference between PETCO2 and PaCO2 was not decreased, and we conclude that PETCO2 is a valid measure of chemical drive to ventilation in such circumstances. We observed substantial increases in respiratory muscle electromyograms during pressure breathing as seen previously and conclude this response must originate by proprioception. On average, the compensation of tidal volume thus afforded was complete, but the wide variability of individual responses suggests that there was a large cerebral cortical component in the responses seen here.




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