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J Appl Physiol 90: 1415-1423, 2001;
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Vol. 90, Issue 4, 1415-1423, April 2001

Single-breath washouts in a rotating stretcher

M. J. Rodríguez-Nieto1, G. Peces-Barba1, N. González Mangado1, S. Verbanck2, and M. Paiva3

1 Laboratorio de Fisiopatología Respiratoria, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain; 2 Respiratory Division, Academic Hospital, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1090 Brussels; and 3 Laboratoire de Physique Biomédicale, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1070 Brussels, Belgium

Vital capacity single-breath washouts using 90% O2-5% He-5% SF6 as a test gas mixture were performed with subjects sitting on a stool (upright) or recumbent on a stretcher (prone, supine, lateral left, lateral right, with or without rotation at end of inhalation). On the basis of the combinations of supine and prone maneuvers, gravity-dependent contributions to N2 phase III slope and N2 phase IV height in the supine posture were estimated at 18% and 68%, respectively. Whereas both He and SF6 slope decreased from supine to prone, the SF6-He slope difference actually increased (P = 0.015). N2 phase III slopes, phase IV heights, and cardiogenic oscillations were smallest in the prone posture, and we observed similarities between the modifications of He and SF6 slopes from upright to prone and from upright to short-term microgravity. These results suggest that phase III slope is partially due to emptying patterns of small units with different ventilation-to-volume ratios, corresponding to acini or groups of acini. Of all body postures under study, the prone position most reduces the inhomogeneities of ventilation during a vital capacity maneuver at both inter- and intraregional levels.

ventilation inhomogeneity; posture; phase III slope; phase IV height; cardiogenic oscillations


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