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J Appl Physiol 58: 823-829, 1985;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 58, Issue 3 823-829, Copyright © 1985 by American Physiological Society

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Arterial CO2 partial pressure affects diaphragmatic function

J. Y. Schnader, G. Juan, S. Howell, R. Fitzgerald and C. Roussos

The purpose of this study was to examine in an in vivo preparation acute variations of PCO2 on diaphragmatic contractility. Plaster casts were snugly fit around the abdomen of six open-chested dogs, moving the abdominal contents rostrally. Diaphragmatic contractions against this very fixed load in response to phrenic nerve stimulation (supramaximal voltage at 1, 20, 50, and 80 Hz) or during spontaneous inspiratory efforts were virtually isometric (quasi-isometric). Transdiaphragmatic pressure (Pdi) measured by an abdominal balloon was used as an index of diaphragmatic contractility. Arterial PCO2 (PaCO2) was reduced by hyperventilation and raised by increasing PICO2. Pdi values in response to stimulation at 1, 20, 50, and 80 Hz in ranges I (PaCO2 = 0-19 Torr) and II (PaCO2 = 20-34 Torr) did not differ statistically from the control Pdi values (range III; PaCO2 = 35-45 Torr). In range IV (PaCO2 = 46-70 Torr) Pdi values for stimulations of 20, 50, and 80 Hz were significantly lower than control. In range V (PaCO2 = 71-90 Torr), VI (PaCO2 = 91-101 Torr), and VII (PaCO2 greater than or equal to 102 Torr) Pdi values were significantly less than those in range IV at all frequencies of stimulation. In the four dogs measured during spontaneous inspiratory efforts the integrated diaphragmatic electromyogram (Edi) was correlated with the Pdi. As PaCO2 rose (range III to VII), the Pdi values observed at 25, 50, 75, 100% of the maximum Edi (of range III) were significantly lower than the Pdi value of range III.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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