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J Appl Physiol 68: 876-890, 1990;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 68, Issue 3 876-890, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society

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Xenon kinetics in muscle are not explained by a model of parallel perfusion-limited compartments

J. A. Novotny, D. L. Mayers, Y. F. Parsons, S. S. Survanshi, P. K. Weathersby and L. D. Homer
Diving Medicine Department, Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-5055.

Experimental tissue gas kinetics do not follow the prediction for a single stirred perfusion-limited compartment. One hypothesis proposes that the kinetics might be explained by considering the tissue as a collection of parallel compartments, each with its own flow, reflecting the tissue microcirculatory flow heterogeneity. In this study, observed tissue gas kinetics were compared with the kinetics predicted by a model of multiple parallel compartments. Gas exchange curves were generated by recording the time course of tissue radioactivity in the intact calf muscles of anesthetized ventilated dogs exposed to step function changes of 133Xe in the inspired air for 5-h periods. Microcirculatory flow heterogeneity in the same tissue was determined by the radioactive microsphere method. Observed mean tissue transit times were on average longer than predicted by a factor of 6.7. Observed means averaged 52.1 min compared with 8.3 min predicted by the perfusion-limited model. Relative dispersions of tissue transit times were also uniformly larger than predicted. We conclude that Xe gas kinetics in intact canine skeletal muscle are not explained by a model of multiple parallel perfusion-limited compartments. Countercurrent exchange of gas between vessels is a possible explanation.


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