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J Appl Physiol 59: 1539-1547, 1985;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 59, Issue 5 1539-1547, Copyright © 1985 by American Physiological Society

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Relationship for gas transport during high-frequency ventilation in dogs

J. G. Venegas, J. Custer, R. D. Kamm and C. A. Hales

Alveolar ventilation during high-frequency ventilation (HFV) was estimated from the washout of the positron-emitting isotope (nitrogen-13-labeled N2) from the lungs of anesthetized paralyzed supine dogs by use of a positron camera. HFV was delivered at a mean lung volume (VL) equal to the resting functional residual capacity with a ventilator that generated tidal volumes (VT) between 30 and 120 ml, independent of the animal's lung impedance, at frequencies (f) from 2 to 25 Hz, with constant inspiratory and expiratory flows and an inspiration-to-expiration time ratio of unity. Specific ventilation (SPV), which is equivalent to ventilation per unit of compartment volume, was found to follow closely the relation: SPV = 1.9(VT/VL)2.1 X f. From this relation and from arterial PCO2 measurements we found an expression for the normocapnic settings of VT and f, given VL and body weight (W). We found that the VL was an important normalizing parameter in the sense that VT/VL yielded a better correlation (r = 0.91) with SPV/f than VT/W (r = 0.62) or VT alone (r = 0.8).


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