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J Appl Physiol 58: 1148-1156, 1985;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 58, Issue 4 1148-1156, Copyright © 1985 by American Physiological Society

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Respiratory muscle and organ blood flow with inspiratory elastic loading and shock

S. Magder, D. Lockhat, B. J. Luo and C. Roussos

Since respiratory muscles fail when blood flow is inadequate, we asked whether their blood flow would be maintained in severe hypotensive states at the expense of other vital organs (brain, heart, kidney, gut, spleen). We measured blood flow (radiolabeled microspheres) to respiratory muscles and vital organs in 11 dogs breathing against an inspiratory elastic load, first with normal blood pressure (BP) and then hypotension produced by cardiac tamponade. With the elastic load alone, there was no change in BP or cardiac output; diaphragmatic blood flow (Qdi) increased from 12.8 +/- 7.0 to 34.1 +/- 15.6 ml/100 g, and total respiratory muscle flow (QTR) increased from 56.5 +/- 19.1 to 97.4 +/- 36.5 ml/100 g, but except for the brain, there was no change in blood flow to other organs. With tamponade (mean BP = 79 +/- 16 mmHg), flow decreased to all organs, whereas Qdi (39.0 +/- 19.4) did not change. QTR decreased, but not significantly, to 88.6 +/- 49.5. With more tamponade (mean BP = 53 +/- 13 mmHg), flow to all vital organs decreased as well as QTR (57.9 +/- 47.18), but Qdi did not significantly decrease and had the same relationship to respiratory force as with normal BP. Thus, with severe inspiratory elastic loading and severe hypotension, the diaphragm and external intercostal muscles did most of the respiratory work, and their flow was maintained at the expense of other vital organs.


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