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J Appl Physiol 60: 506-512, 1986;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 60, Issue 2 506-512, Copyright © 1986 by American Physiological Society

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Immediate response to resistive loading in anesthetized humans

W. A. Zin, P. K. Behrakis, S. C. Luijendijk, B. D. Higgs, A. Baydur, A. Boddener and J. Milic-Emili

In eight spontaneously breathing anesthetized subjects (halothane: approximately 1 minimal alveolar concn; 70% N2O-30% O2), we determined 1) the inspiratory driving pressure by analysis of the pressure developed at the airway opening (Poao) during inspiratory efforts against airways occluded at end expiration; 2) the active inspiratory impedance; and 3) the immediate (first loaded breath) response to added inspiratory resistive loads (delta R). Based on these data we made model predictions of the immediate tidal volume response to delta R. Such predictions closely fitted the experimental results. The present investigation indicates that 1) in halothane-anesthetized humans the shape of the Poao wave differs from that in anesthetized animals, 2) the immediate response to delta R is not associated with appreciable changes in intensity, shape, and timing of inspiratory neural drive but depends mainly on intrinsic (nonneural) mechanisms; 3) the flow-dependent resistance of endotracheal tubes must be taken into account in studies dealing with increased neuromuscular drive in intubated subjects; and 4) in anesthetized humans Poao reflects the driving pressure available to produce the breathing movements.


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