Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 73, Issue 2 530-538, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Circulation, kidney function, and volume-regulating hormones during prolonged water immersion in humans

C. Stadeager, L. B. Johansen, J. Warberg, N. J. Christensen, N. Foldager, P. Bie and P. Norsk
Danish Aerospace Medical Centre of Research, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.

To investigate whether prolonged water immersion (WI) results in reduction of central blood volume and attenuation of renal fluid and electrolyte excretion, these variables were measured in connection with 12 h of immersion. On separate days, nine healthy males were investigated before, during, and after 12 h of WI to the neck or during appropriate control conditions. Central venous pressure, stroke volume, renal sodium (UNaV) and fluid excretion increased on initiation of WI and thereafter gradually declined but were still elevated compared with control values at the 12th h of WI. Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) concentration in plasma initially increased threefold during WI and thereafter declined to preimmersion levels, whereas plasma renin activity, plasma aldosterone, and norepinephrine remained constantly suppressed. It is concluded that, compared with the initial increases, central blood volume (central venous pressure and stroke volume) is reduced during prolonged WI and renal fluid and electrolyte excretion is attenuated. UNaV is still increased at the 12th h of WI, whereas renal water excretion returns to control values within 7 h. The WI-induced changes in ANP, plasma renin activity, plasma aldosterone, and norepinephrine may all contribute to the initial increase in UNaV. The results suggest, however, that the attenuation of UNaV during the later stages of WI is due to the decrease in ANP release.

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