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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 72, Issue 6 2292-2297, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society
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K. C. Beck, J. Vettermann and K. Rehder
Division of Thoracic Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
To determine the cause of the difference in gas exchange between the prone and supine postures in dogs, gas exchange was assessed by the multiple inert gas elimination technique (MIGET) and distribution of pulmonary blood flow was determined using radioactively labeled microspheres in seven anesthetized paralyzed dogs. Each animal was studied in the prone and supine positions in random order while tidal volume and respiratory frequency were kept constant with mechanical ventilation. Mean arterial PO2 was significantly lower (P less than 0.01) in the supine [96 +/- 10 (SD) Torr] than in the prone (107 +/- 6 Torr) position, whereas arterial PCO2 was constant (38 Torr). The distribution of blood flow (Q) vs. ventilation-to-perfusion ratio obtained from MIGET was significantly wider (P less than 0.01) in the supine [ln SD(Q) = 0.75 +/- 0.26] than in the prone position [ln SD (Q) = 0.34 +/- 0.05]. Right-to-left pulmonary shunting was not significantly altered. The distribution of microspheres was more heterogeneous in the supine than in the prone position. The larger heterogeneity was due in part to dorsal-to-ventral gradients in Q in the supine position that were not present in the prone position (P less than 0.01). The decreased efficiency of oxygenation in the supine posture is caused by an increased ventilation-to-perfusion mismatch that accompanies an increase in the heterogeneity of Q distribution.
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