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J Appl Physiol 76: 1476-1480, 1994;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 76, Issue 4 1476-1480, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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Effect of mild hypocapnia on fetal breathing and behavior in unanesthetized normoxic fetal lambs

I. M. Kuipers, W. J. Maertzdorf, D. S. De Jong, M. A. Hanson and C. E. Blanco
Department of Neonatology, Academic Hospital Maastricht, University of Limburg, The Netherlands.

We hypothesized that the level of arterial PCO2 (PaCO2) affects the incidence of fetal breathing movements and electrocorticographic (ECoG) states in chronically instrumented fetal sheep. Six fetuses of 128-132 days gestational age were instrumented for recording fetal behavior and for later connection to an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) system to change fetal blood gases. Before ECMO fetal arterial pH and blood gases were pH 7.40 +/- 0.01, PaCO2 42.9 +/- 1.5 Torr, and arterial PO2 (PaCO2) 19.2 +/- 1.7 Torr; during ECMO in normocapnia they were pH 7.37 +/- 0.01, PaCO2 46.1 +/- 0.7 Torr, and PaCO2 27.6 +/- 3.0 Torr; and during ECMO in mild hypocapnia they were pH 7.47 +/- 0.01, PaCO2 35.3 +/- 1.7 Torr, and PaCO2 26.6 +/- 1.7 Torr. The overall incidence of breathing movements, the incidence of breathing movements during low-voltage (LV) ECoG activity, and the mean duration of periods of breathing decreased significantly during hypocapnia. Fetal ECoG activity showed normal cycling during the periods of mild hypocapnia, and the mean duration of LV ECoG periods did not change. During mild hypocapnia, eye movements remained associated with LV ECoG activity and nuchal electromyographic activity remained associated with high-voltage ECoG activity. These results suggest that the presence of breathing movements in fetal life is not only dependent on the behavioral state but also on the level of fetal PaCO2.


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