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J Appl Physiol 56: 155-160, 1984;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 56, Issue 1 155-160, Copyright © 1984 by American Physiological Society

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Ventilation by high-frequency oscillation of thorax or at trachea in rats

A. Harf, C. Bertrand and H. K. Chang

The efficiency of ventilation by high-frequency oscillation (HFO) applied to the thorax (external HFO) has been compared with that of HFO applied through a tracheal cannula (internal HFO) in a group of normal rats. Anesthetized, paralyzed, tracheotomized rats were placed in a whole-body plethysmograph. External HFO was achieved by varying the pressure surrounding the animal by means of a piston pump connected to the body plethysmograph; internal HFO was obtained in the same animals by connecting the pump to the tracheal cannula. Arterial CO2 and O2 partial pressures were measured in blood sampled from a carotid artery and were compared for external and internal HFO applied at 20 Hz with matched tidal volumes of 0.8, 1.4, 1.9, and 2.4 ml/kg. With increasing tidal volume, the mean arterial CO2 partial pressure decreased progressively from 68 to 30 Torr and was identical in the two modes of HFO; no difference was noted for the CO2 elimination or for the arterial O2 partial pressure. These results indicate that, in terms of gas exchange, external and internal HFO are equally efficient in normal rats.


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