Regional intrapulmonary gas distribution in awake and anesthetized-paralyzed man
- 1 March 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in Journal of Applied Physiology
- Vol. 42 (3), 391-402
- https://doi.org/10.1152/jappl.1977.42.3.391
Abstract
Intrapulmonary distribution of ventilation/unit lung volume was studied in 28 volunteers in the sitting, supine, or right lateral decubitus position, either awake or anesthetized-paralyzed and mechanically ventilated. We found significant differences between the awake state and anesthesia-paralysis with mechanical ventilation in 1) intrapulmonary gas distribution, and 2) the vertical gradient of regional functional residual capacities for the subjects in the lateral decubitus position, but not for those in the sitting and supine positions. The effect of increasing the tidal volume on distribution of ventilation was significantly different 1) between the three body positions for a given state, and 2) between the two states for a given body position. The data suggest thoracoabdominal mechanics are different in the three body positions and that anesthesia-paralysis and mechanical ventilation may cause a different pattern of expansion of the respiratory system than spontaneous breathing in the awake state.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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