Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 64, Issue 5 2125-2131, Copyright © 1988 by American Physiological Society

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Effect of progressive exercise on lung fluid balance in sheep

J. H. Newman, B. J. Butka, R. E. Parker and R. J. Roselli
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232.

The purpose of this study is to determine the roles of cardiac output and microvascular pressure on changes in lung fluid balance during exercise in awake sheep. We studied seven sheep during progressive treadmill exercise to exhaustion (10% grade), six sheep during prolonged constant-rate exercise for 45-60 min, and five sheep during hypoxia (fraction of inspired O2 = 0.12) and hypoxic exercise. We made continuous measurements of pulmonary arterial, left atrial, and systemic arterial pressures, lung lymph flow, and cardiac output. Exercise more than doubled cardiac output and increased pulmonary arterial pressures from 19.2 +/- 1 to 34.8 +/- 3.5 (SE) cmH2O. Lung lymph flow increased rapidly fivefold during progressive exercise and returned immediately to base-line levels when exercise was stopped. Lymph-to-plasma protein concentration ratios decreased slightly but steadily. Lymph flows correlated closely with changes in cardiac output and with calculated microvascular pressures. The drop in lymph-to-plasma protein ratio during exercise suggests that microvascular pressure rises during exercise, perhaps due to increased pulmonary venous pressure. Lymph flow and protein content were unaffected by hypoxia, and hypoxia did not alter the lymph changes seen during normoxic exercise. Lung lymph flow did not immediately return to base line after prolonged exercise, suggesting hydration of the lung interstitium.

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