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J Appl Physiol 94: 883-890, 2003. First published November 1, 2002; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00658.2002
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Vol. 94, Issue 3, 883-890, March 2003

Partitioning of inhaled ventilation between the nasal and oral routes during sleep in normal subjects

Michael F. Fitzpatrick, Helen S. Driver, Neela Chatha, Nha Voduc, and Alison M. Girard

Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6

The oral and nasal contributions to inhaled ventilation were simultaneously quantified during sleep in 10 healthy subjects (5 men, 5 women) aged 43 ± 5 yr, with normal nasal resistance (mean 2.0 ± 0.3 cmH2O · l-1 · s-1) by use of a divided oral and nasal mask. Minute ventilation awake (5.9 ± 0.3 l/min) was higher than that during sleep (5.2 ± 0.3 l/min; P < 0.0001), but there was no significant difference in minute ventilation between different sleep stages (P = 0.44): stage 2 5.3 ± 0.3, slow-wave 5.2 ± 0.2, and rapid-eye-movement sleep 5.2 ± 0.2 l/min. The oral fraction of inhaled ventilation during wakefulness (7.6 ± 4%) was not significantly different from that during sleep (4.3 ± 2%; mean difference 3.3%, 95% confidence interval -2.1-8.8%, P = 0.19), and no significant difference (P = 0.14) in oral fraction was observed between different sleep stages: stage two 5.1 ± 2.8, slow-wave 4.2 ± 1.8, rapid-eye-movement 3.1 ± 1.7%. Thus the inhaled oral fraction in normal subjects is small and does not change significantly with sleep stage.

upper airway; control of breathing; sleep apnea; oronasal


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