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J Appl Physiol 66: 2079-2083, 1989;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 66, Issue 5 2079-2083, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Site of recruitment in the pulmonary microcirculation

W. L. Hanson, J. D. Emhardt, J. P. Bartek, L. P. Latham, L. L. Checkley, R. L. Capen and W. W. Wagner Jr
Department of Anesthesiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46223.

Increasing the total surface area of the pulmonary blood-gas interface by capillary recruitment is an important factor in maintaining adequate oxygenation when metabolic demands increase. Capillaries are known to be recruited during conditions that raise pulmonary blood flow and pressure. To determine whether pulmonary arterioles and venules are part of the recruitment process, we made in vivo microscopic observations of the subpleural microcirculation (all vessels less than 100 microns) in the upper lung where blood flow is low (zone 2). To evoke recruitment, pulmonary arterial pressure was elevated either by an intravascular fluid load or by airway hypoxia. Of 209 arteriolar segments compared during low and high pulmonary arterial pressures, none recruited or derecruited. Elevated arterial pressure, however, did increase the number of perfused capillary segments by 96% with hypoxia and 165% with fluid load. Recruitment was essentially absent in venules (4 cases of recruitment in 289 segments as pressure was raised). These data support the concept that recruitment in the pulmonary circulation is exclusively a capillary event.


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