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J Appl Physiol 67: 730-735, 1989;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 67, Issue 2 730-735, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Effect of regional alveolar hypoxia on gas exchange in dogs

K. B. Domino, M. P. Hlastala, B. L. Eisenstein and F. W. Cheney
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98195.

We studied the effects of left lower lobe (LLL) alveolar hypoxia on pulmonary gas exchange in anesthetized dogs using the multiple inert gas elimination technique (MIGET). The left upper lobe was removed, and a bronchial divider was placed. The right lung (RL) was continuously ventilated with 100% O2, and the LLL was ventilated with either 100% O2 (hyperoxia) or a hypoxic gas mixture (hypoxia). Whole lung and individual LLL and RL ventilation-perfusion (VA/Q) distributions were determined. LLL hypoxia reduced LLL blood flow and increased the perfusion-related indexes of VA/Q heterogeneity, such as the log standard deviation of the perfusion distribution (log SDQ), the retention component of the arterial-alveolar difference area [R(a-A)D], and the retention dispersion index (DISPR*) of the LLL. LLL hypoxia increased blood flow to the RL and reduced the VA/Q heterogeneity of the RL, indicated by significant reductions in log SDQ, R(a-A)D, and DISPR*. In contrast, LLL hypoxia had little effect on gas exchange of the lung when evaluated as a whole. We conclude that flow diversion induced by regional alveolar hypoxia preserves matching of ventilation to perfusion in the whole lung by increasing gas exchange heterogeneity of the hypoxic region and reducing heterogeneity in the normoxic lung.


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