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J Appl Physiol 62: 2362-2370, 1987;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 62, Issue 6 2362-2370, Copyright © 1987 by American Physiological Society

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Cardiorespiratory changes during HCl infusion unrelated to decreases in circulating blood pH

J. A. Orr, H. Shams, M. R. Fedde and P. Scheid

To test the hypothesis that infusion of HCl changes blood pressure and respiration independent of decreases in circulating blood pH, an extracorporeal arteriovenous shunt (20 ml/min) between the femoral artery and vein was installed in anesthetized cats. Into this loop, acid (0.25 M HCl) and, approximately 10 cm downstream, base (0.25 M NaOH) could be infused simultaneously. Likewise, either acid or base could be infused individually. Right ventricular (Prv) and arterial (Pa) blood pressure, tidal volume (VT), and respiratory frequency (fresp) were recorded as well as blood gases and pH in arterial, right ventricular, and shunt loop blood at the reentrance into the animal. When HCl and NaOH were infused simultaneously and at equimolar rates (0.2 mmol/min for 10 min), there was a large increase in Prv, with little change or decrease in Pa. Respiratory frequency was increased, but total ventilation was not elevated because of a concomitant fall in VT. The rise in Prv and increase in fresp were transient in that they could only be evoked during the first HCl-NaOH infusion in a given animal. Repetitive infusions of HCl-NaOH into the same animal failed to elicit the response. Similar transient acid effects were evoked when HCl was infused without NaOH but not when NaOH was infused without HCl. During the second and third infusion of HCl, ventilatory responses were elicited that were explainable by stimulation of known chemoreceptors. The transient rise in Prv and fresp evoked by acid infusion might be explained by release of an agent from blood elements at the tip of the HCl infusion catheter, which in turn would constrict pulmonary vessels and influence breathing.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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