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J Appl Physiol 61: 2088-2094, 1986;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 61, Issue 6 2088-2094, Copyright © 1986 by American Physiological Society

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Hyperventilation, alkalosis, prostaglandins, and pulmonary circulation of the newborn

F. C. Morin 3rd

This study was designed to determine whether the effects of hyperventilation on the pulmonary circulation of the newborn lamb were 1) due to mechanical factors or to respiratory alkalosis; and 2) mediated by prostaglandins. Six control lambs were studied during normal ventilation and during hyperventilation with, and without, decreased carbon dioxide (CO2). Five lambs were given indomethacin and studied similarly. In control lambs, hyperventilation with decreased CO2 decreased pulmonary arterial pressure from 26 +/- 2.2 to 18 +/- 1.0 (SE) Torr (P less than or equal to 0.005) and pulmonary vascular resistance from 0.099 +/- 0.035 to 0.070 +/- 0.011 Torr X kg-1 X min-1 (P less than or equal to 0.015). Hyperventilation with normal CO2 did not affect the pulmonary circulation. Hyperventilation with decreased CO2 increased pulmonary arterial concentrations of 6-ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha, a major metabolite of prostacyclin, in control lambs but not in the indomethacin-treated lambs. However, it affected the pulmonary circulation of the control- and indomethacin-treated lambs similarly. In conclusion, hyperventilation affected the pulmonary circulation by respiratory alkalosis not by mechanical factors and prostaglandins did not mediate its effects.


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