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Dempsey JA, Welch JF. Control of Breathing. Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2023; 44:627-649. [PMID: 37494141 DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1770342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/28/2023]
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Substantial advances have been made recently into the discovery of fundamental mechanisms underlying the neural control of breathing and even some inroads into translating these findings to treating breathing disorders. Here, we review several of these advances, starting with an appreciation of the importance of V̇A:V̇CO2:PaCO2 relationships, then summarizing our current understanding of the mechanisms and neural pathways for central rhythm generation, chemoreception, exercise hyperpnea, plasticity, and sleep-state effects on ventilatory control. We apply these fundamental principles to consider the pathophysiology of ventilatory control attending hypersensitized chemoreception in select cardiorespiratory diseases, the pathogenesis of sleep-disordered breathing, and the exertional hyperventilation and dyspnea associated with aging and chronic diseases. These examples underscore the critical importance that many ventilatory control issues play in disease pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment.
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- Jerome A Dempsey
- John Rankin Laboratory of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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- School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Mishima G, Sanuki T, Sato S, Kobayashi M, Kurata S, Ayuse T. Upper-airway collapsibility and compensatory responses under moderate sedation with ketamine, dexmedetomidine, and propofol in healthy volunteers. Physiol Rep 2020; 8:e14439. [PMID: 32441458 PMCID: PMC7243198 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.14439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Revised: 04/04/2020] [Accepted: 04/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Ketamine is a potent sedative drug that helps to maintain upper-airway patency, due to its higher upper-airway dilator muscular activity and higher level of duty cycle, as seen in rats. However, no clinical trials have tested passive upper-airway collapsibility and changes in the inspiratory duty cycle against partial upper-airway obstruction in humans. The present study evaluated both the passive mechanical upper-airway collapsibility and compensatory response against acute partial upper-airway obstruction using three different sedative drugs in a crossover trial. METHODS Eight male volunteers entered this nonblinded, randomized crossover study. Upper-airway collapsibility (passive critical closing pressure) and inspiratory duty cycle were measured under moderate sedation with ketamine, propofol, and dexmedetomidine. Propofol, dexmedetomidine, and ketamine anesthesia were induced to obtain adequate, same-level sedation, with a BIS value of 50-70 and the OAA/S score of 2-3 and RASS score of -3. RESULTS The median passive critical closing pressure of 0.08 [-5.51 to 1.20] cm H2 O was not significantly different compared to that of propofol sedation (-0.32 [-1.41 to -0.19] cm H2 O) and of dexmedetomidine sedation (-0.28 [-0.95 to -0.03] cm H2 O) (p = .045). The median passive RUS for ketamine 54.35 [32.00 to 117.50] cm H2 O/L/s was significantly higher than that for propofol 5.50 [2.475 to 19.60] cm H2 O/L/s; (mean difference, 27.50; 95% CI 9.17 to 45.83) (p = .009) and for dexmedetomidine 19.25 [4.125 to 22.05] cm H2 O/L/s; (mean difference, 22.88; 95% CI 4.67 to 41.09) (p = .021). The inspiratory duty cycle increased significantly as the inspiratory airflow decreased in passive conditions for each sedative drug, but behavior differed among the three sedative drugs. CONCLUSION Our findings demonstrate that ketamine sedation may have an advantage of both maintained passive upper-airway collapsibility and a compensatory respiratory response, due to both increase in neuromuscular activity and the increased duty cycle, to acute partial upper-airway obstruction.
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- Gaku Mishima
- Division of Clinical PhysiologyDepartment of Translational Medical SciencesNagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical SciencesNagasakiJapan
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- Division of Clinical PhysiologyDepartment of Translational Medical SciencesNagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical SciencesNagasakiJapan
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- Clinical Research CenterNagasaki University HospitalNagasakiJapan
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- Division of Clinical PhysiologyDepartment of Translational Medical SciencesNagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical SciencesNagasakiJapan
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- Department of Dental AnesthesiologyNagasaki University HospitalNagasakiJapan
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- Division of Clinical PhysiologyDepartment of Translational Medical SciencesNagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical SciencesNagasakiJapan
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Central sleep apnea is prevalent in patients with heart failure, healthy individuals at high altitudes, and chronic opiate users and in the initiation of “mixed” (that is, central plus obstructive apneas). This brief review focuses on (a) the causes of repetitive, cyclical central apneas as mediated primarily through enhanced sensitivities in the respiratory control system and (b) treatment of central sleep apnea through modification of key components of neurochemical control as opposed to the current universal use of positive airway pressure.
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- Jerome A Dempsey
- Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Madison, WARF Building, 7th Floor, 614 Walnut Street, Madison, WI 53726, USA
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Loss of consciousness occurs in post-hyperventilation apnea, but its pathophysiology remains unclear. We herein report a patient with post-hyperventilation apnea showing spindle activity on electroencephalogram (EEG). The patient was alert and breathing spontaneously before the hyperventilation test, but loss of consciousness and apnea with spindle activity on EEG occurred when the end-tidal CO2 decreased during the hyperventilation test. She recovered consciousness and spontaneous breathing with the disappearance of the spindle activity on EEG when the end-tidal CO2 increased after the hyperventilation test. The loss of consciousness during post-hyperventilation apnea might be due to the focal involvement of the ascending-activating mesodiencephalic reticular formation.
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- Jun Ueda
- Department of Neurology, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Japan
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Nuding SC, Segers LS, Iceman KE, O'Connor R, Dean JB, Bolser DC, Baekey DM, Dick TE, Shannon R, Morris KF, Lindsey BG. Functional connectivity in raphé-pontomedullary circuits supports active suppression of breathing during hypocapnic apnea. J Neurophysiol 2015; 114:2162-86. [PMID: 26203111 PMCID: PMC4600964 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00608.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2015] [Accepted: 07/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Hyperventilation is a common feature of disordered breathing. Apnea ensues if CO2 drive is sufficiently reduced. We tested the hypothesis that medullary raphé, ventral respiratory column (VRC), and pontine neurons have functional connectivity and persistent or evoked activities appropriate for roles in the suppression of drive and rhythm during hyperventilation and apnea. Phrenic nerve activity, arterial blood pressure, end-tidal CO2, and other parameters were monitored in 10 decerebrate, vagotomized, neuromuscularly-blocked, and artificially ventilated cats. Multielectrode arrays recorded spiking activity of 649 neurons. Loss and return of rhythmic activity during passive hyperventilation to apnea were identified with the S-transform. Diverse fluctuating activity patterns were recorded in the raphé-pontomedullary respiratory network during the transition to hypocapnic apnea. The firing rates of 160 neurons increased during apnea; the rates of 241 others decreased or stopped. VRC inspiratory neurons were usually the last to cease firing or lose rhythmic activity during the transition to apnea. Mayer wave-related oscillations (0.04-0.1 Hz) in firing rate were also disrupted during apnea. Four-hundred neurons (62%) were elements of pairs with at least one hyperventilation-responsive neuron and a correlational signature of interaction identified by cross-correlation or gravitational clustering. Our results support a model with distinct groups of chemoresponsive raphé neurons contributing to hypocapnic apnea through parallel processes that incorporate disfacilitation and active inhibition of inspiratory motor drive by expiratory neurons. During apnea, carotid chemoreceptors can evoke rhythm reemergence and an inspiratory shift in the balance of reciprocal inhibition via suppression of ongoing tonic expiratory neuron activity.
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- Sarah C Nuding
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; and
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; and
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- Departments of Medicine and Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida;
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Tobin MJ, Laghi F, Jubran A. Ventilatory failure, ventilator support, and ventilator weaning. Compr Physiol 2013; 2:2871-921. [PMID: 23720268 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c110030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The development of acute ventilatory failure represents an inability of the respiratory control system to maintain a level of respiratory motor output to cope with the metabolic demands of the body. The level of respiratory motor output is also the main determinant of the degree of respiratory distress experienced by such patients. As ventilatory failure progresses and patient distress increases, mechanical ventilation is instituted to help the respiratory muscles cope with the heightened workload. While a patient is connected to a ventilator, a physician's ability to align the rhythm of the machine with the rhythm of the patient's respiratory centers becomes the primary determinant of the level of rest accorded to the respiratory muscles. Problems of alignment are manifested as failure to trigger, double triggering, an inflationary gas-flow that fails to match inspiratory demands, and an inflation phase that persists after a patient's respiratory centers have switched to expiration. With recovery from disorders that precipitated the initial bout of acute ventilatory failure, attempts are made to discontinue the ventilator (weaning). About 20% of weaning attempts fail, ultimately, because the respiratory controller is unable to sustain ventilation and this failure is signaled by development of rapid shallow breathing. Substantial advances in the medical management of acute ventilatory failure that requires ventilator assistance are most likely to result from research yielding novel insights into the operation of the respiratory control system.
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- Martin J Tobin
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital and Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Hines, Illinois, USA.
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Walls CE, Laine CM, Kidder IJ, Bailey EF. Human hypoglossal motor unit activities in exercise. J Physiol 2013; 591:3579-90. [PMID: 23690561 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.252452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The genioglossus (GG) muscle is considered the principal protruder muscle of the tongue that dilates and stiffens the pharyngeal airway. We recorded whole muscle and single motor unit (MU) activities in healthy adults performing progressive intensity exercise on a cycle ergometer. Tungsten microelectrodes were inserted percutaneously into the GG of 11 subjects (20-40 years) to record electromyographic (EMG) activities and pulmonary ventilation (VI) at rest and at workload increments up to 300 W. Increases in respiratory drive were associated with increases in VI, mean inspiratory flow (Vt/Ti) and tonic and phasic components of the GG EMG activity. In contrast, individual MUs typically showed expiration-related decreases in firing as exercise intensity increased. We suggest the decrease in MU activity may occur secondary to afferent feedback from lungs/chest wall and that compensation for more negative inspiratory airway pressures generated during heavy exercise occurs primarily via recruitment of previously silent MUs.
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- Clinton E Walls
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0093, USA
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Munemoto T, Masuda A, Nagai N, Tanaka M, Yuji S. Prolonged post-hyperventilation apnea in two young adults with hyperventilation syndrome. Biopsychosoc Med 2013; 7:9. [PMID: 23594702 PMCID: PMC3637146 DOI: 10.1186/1751-0759-7-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2012] [Accepted: 04/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The prognosis of hyperventilation syndrome (HVS) is generally good. However, it is important to proceed with care when treating HVS because cases of death following hyperventilation have been reported. This paper was done to demonstrate the clinical risk of post-hyperventilation apnea (PHA) in patients with HVS. CASE PRESENTATION We treated two patients with HVS who suffered from PHA. The first, a 21-year-old woman, had a maximum duration of PHA of about 3.5 minutes and an oxygen saturation (SpO2) level of 60%. The second patient, a 22-year-old woman, had a maximum duration of PHA of about 3 minutes and an SpO2 level of 66%. Both patients had loss of consciousness and cyanosis. Because there is no widely accepted regimen for treating patients with prolonged PHA related to HVS, we administered artificial ventilation to both patients using a bag mask and both recovered without any after effects. CONCLUSION These cases show that some patients with HVS develop prolonged PHA or severe hypoxia, which has been shown to lead to death in some cases. Proper treatment must be given to patients with HVS who develop PHA to protect against this possibility. If prolonged PHA or severe hypoxemia arises, respiratory assistance using a bag mask must be done immediately.
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- Takao Munemoto
- Department of Domestic Science, Kagoshima Women's College, 6-9 kourai-chou, Kagoshima, 890-8520, Japan.
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Chowdhuri S, Ghabsha A, Sinha P, Kadri M, Narula S, Badr MS. Treatment of central sleep apnea in U.S. veterans. J Clin Sleep Med 2012; 8:555-63. [PMID: 23066368 DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.2156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND There are no standard therapies for the management of central sleep apnea (CSA). Either positive pressure therapy (PAP) or supplemental oxygen (O(2)) may stabilize respiration in CSA by reducing ventilatory chemoresponsiveness. Additionally, increasing opioid use and the presence of comorbid conditions in US veterans necessitates investigations into alternative titration protocols to treat CSA. The goal was to report on the effectiveness of titration with PAP, used alone or in conjunction with O(2), for the management of CSA associated with varying comorbidities and opioid use. METHODS This was a retrospective chart review over 3 years, performed at a VA sleep disorders center. The effects of CPAP, CPAP+O(2), and BPAP+O(2), used in a step-wise titration protocol, on consecutive patients diagnosed with CSA were studied. RESULTS CSA was diagnosed in 162 patients. The protocol was effective in eliminating CSA (CAI ≤ 5/h) in 84% of patients. CPAP was effective in 48%, while CPAP+O(2) combination was effective in an additional 25%, and BPAP+O(2) in 11%. The remaining 16% were non-responders. Forty-seven patients (29%) were on prescribed opioid therapy for chronic pain, in whom CPAP, CPAP+O(2), or BPAP+O(2) eliminated CSA in 54%, 28%, and 10% cases, respectively. CPAP, CPAP+O(2), and BPAP+O(2) each produced significant declines in the AHI, CAI, and arousal index, and an increase in the SpO(2). CONCLUSION The data demonstrate that using a titration protocol with CPAP and then PAP with O(2) effectively eliminates CSA in individuals with underlying comorbid conditions and prescription opioid use. Comparative studies with other therapeutic modalities are required.
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- Susmita Chowdhuri
- Medical Service, Sleep Medicine Section, John D. Dingell Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
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Sands SA, Edwards BA, Kee K, Turton A, Skuza EM, Roebuck T, O'Driscoll DM, Hamilton GS, Naughton MT, Berger PJ. Loop Gain As a Means to Predict a Positive Airway Pressure Suppression of Cheyne-Stokes Respiration in Patients with Heart Failure. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2011; 184:1067-75. [DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201103-0577oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Mateika JH, Sandhu KS. Experimental protocols and preparations to study respiratory long term facilitation. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2011; 176:1-11. [PMID: 21292044 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2011.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2010] [Revised: 01/18/2011] [Accepted: 01/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Respiratory long-term facilitation is a form of neuronal plasticity that is induced following exposure to intermittent hypoxia. Long-term facilitation is characterized by a progressive increase in respiratory motor output during normoxic periods that separate hypoxic episodes and by a sustained elevation in respiratory activity for up to 90min after exposure to intermittent hypoxia. This phenomenon is associated with increases in phrenic, hypoglossal or carotid sinus nerve inspiratory-modulated discharge. The examination of long-term facilitation has been steadily ongoing for approximately 3 decades. During this period of time a variety of animal models (e.g. cats, rats and humans), experimental preparations and intermittent hypoxia protocols have been used to study long-term facilitation. This review is designed to summarize the strengths and weaknesses of the models, preparations and protocols that have been used to study LTF over the past 30 years. The review is divided into two primary sections. Initially, the models and protocols used to study LTF in animals other than humans will be discussed, followed by a section specifically focused on human studies. Each section will begin with a discussion of various factors that must be considered when selecting an experimental preparation and intermittent hypoxia protocol to examine LTF. Model and protocol design recommendations will follow, with the goal of presenting a prevailing model and protocol that will ultimately ensure standardized comparisons across studies.
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- Jason H Mateika
- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, United States.
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Schäffer T. Respiratory physiology in sleep and wakefulness. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2011; 98:371-81. [PMID: 21056199 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-52006-7.00024-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Thorsten Schäffer
- Medical Faculty, Ruhr-University Bochum and Institute of Clinical Physiology, Helios Klinik Hagen-Ambrock, Germany.
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Hoshino Y, Ayuse T, Kurata S, Ayuse T, Schneider H, Kirkness JP, Patil SP, Schwartz AR, Oi K. The compensatory responses to upper airway obstruction in normal subjects under propofol anesthesia. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2009; 166:24-31. [PMID: 19444926 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2009.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Upper airway obstruction during sleep can trigger compensatory neuromuscular responses and/or prolong inspiration in order to maintain adequate minute ventilation. The aim of this study was to investigate the strength of these compensatory responses during upper airway obstruction during propofol anesthesia. We assessed respiratory timing and upper airway responses to decreases in nasal pressure in nine propofol anesthetized normal subjects under condition of decreased (passive) and increased (active) neuromuscular activity. Critical closing pressure (PCRIT) and upstream resistance (RUS) were derived from pressure-flow relationships generated from each condition. The inspiratory duty cycle (IDC), maximum inspiratory flow (V1max) and respiratory rate (f) were determined at two levels of mean inspiratory airflow (VI; mild airflow limitation with VI > or = 150 ml s-1; severe airflow limitation with VI < 150 ml s-1). Compared to the passive condition, PCRIT decreased significantly (5.3 +/- 3.8 cm H2O, p < 0.05) and RUS increased (7.4 cm H2O ml-1 s, p < 0.05) in the active condition. The IDC increased progressively and comparably as decreased in both the passive and active conditions (p < 0.05). These findings imply that distinct compensatory mechanisms govern the modulation of respiratory pattern and pharyngeal patency during periods of airway obstruction under propofol anesthesia.
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- Yuko Hoshino
- Nagasaki University of Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Course of Medical and Dental Sciences, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Division of Clinical Physiology, Nagasaki, Japan
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Chiti L, Biondi G, Morelot-Panzini C, Raux M, Similowski T, Hug F. Scalene muscle activity during progressive inspiratory loading under pressure support ventilation in normal humans. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2008; 164:441-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2008.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2008] [Revised: 09/24/2008] [Accepted: 09/25/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Subramanian HH, Balnave RJ, Chow CM. Ventilation induced apnea and its effect on dorsal brainstem inspiratory neurones in the rat. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2007; 157:252-61. [PMID: 17369108 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2007.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2006] [Revised: 02/08/2007] [Accepted: 02/09/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of mechanical ventilation (MV) on inherent breathing and on dorsal brainstem nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) respiratory cell function. In pentobarbitone-anaesthetised rats, application of MV at combined high frequencies and volumes (representing threshold levels) produced apnea. The apnea persisted as long as MV was maintained at or above the threshold frequency and volume. Following removal of MV, inherent breathing did not resume immediately, with the diaphragm exhibiting post-mechanical ventilation apnea. The fall in arterial P(CO2) (Pa(CO2)) levels evoked by MV-engendered hyperventilation was shown not to be the trigger for initiation of apnea. MV-induced apnea was immediately reversed by bilateral vagotomy. Further, MV-induced apnea could not be evoked in bilaterally vagotomized animals suggesting that vagal feedback is the critical pathway for its initiation. NTS inspiratory neurones were inhibited during both MV-induced apnea and post-mechanical ventilation apnea, implying the involvement of central neural mechanisms in mediating this effect.
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- Hari H Subramanian
- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Sydney, East Street, PO Box 170 Lidcombe, NSW 1825, Australia.
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Schäfer T. Respiratory pathophysiology: sleep-related breathing disorders. GMS CURRENT TOPICS IN OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, HEAD AND NECK SURGERY 2006; 5:Doc01. [PMID: 22073070 PMCID: PMC3199805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A widespread network of respiratory-related neurons within the brainstem controls the regular respiratory cycle, which is dependent upon unspecific and specific drives like hypoxia or hypercapnia. This respiratory network and its respiratory drives are subjects to typical changes during the transition from wakefulness to sleep and within the various sleep states, which favor a destabilization of breathing during sleep. There is also a respiratory-related innervation of the dilating and stiffening pharyngeal muscles as well as a local reflex control of the basic tone of upper airway muscles, both of which are influenced by the different states of wakefulness and sleep. These sleep-related changes cause an increase in upper airway resistance during sleep. In healthy subjects, however, these features during sleep are almost completely compensated and the gas exchange is hardly hindered. However, in the case of illness, severe disordered breathing, disturbed gas exchange and interrupted sleep may occur. The central hypoventilation syndrome, central apnea-hypopnea syndromes, as well as the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome belong to these diseases. Because of the intense research, we have a detailed picture of the pathophysiological mechanisms of the origin and the maintenance of sleep-related breathing disorders.
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- Thorsten Schäfer
- Institute of Physiology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany,*To whom correspondence should be addressed: Thorsten Schäfer, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Institut für Physiologie Geb. UHW 10/1013, Stiepeler Str. 129, D-44780 Bochum, Tel.: +49 234 32-24889, Fax: +49 234 32-14250, E-mail:
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Chenuel BJ, Smith CA, Skatrud JB, Henderson KS, Dempsey JA. Increased propensity for apnea in response to acute elevations in left atrial pressure during sleep in the dog. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2006; 101:76-83. [PMID: 16627673 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01617.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Periodic breathing is commonly observed in chronic heart failure (CHF) when pulmonary capillary wedge pressure is abnormally high and there is usually concomitant tachypneic hyperventilation. We hypothesized that acute pulmonary hypertension at pressures encountered in CHF and involving all of the lungs and pulmonary vessels would predispose to apnea/unstable breathing during sleep. We tested this in a chronically instrumented, unanesthetized dog model during non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. Pulmonary hypertension was created by partial occlusion of the left atrium by means of an implanted balloon catheter in the atrial lumen. Raising mean left atrial pressure by 5.7 +/- 1.1 Torr resulted immediately in tachypneic hyperventilation [breathing frequency increased significantly from 13.8 to 19.9 breaths/min; end-tidal P(CO2) (P(ET(CO2))) fell significantly from 38.5 to 35.9 Torr]. This tachypneic hyperventilation was present during wakefulness, NREM sleep, and rapid eye movement sleep. In NREM sleep, this increase in left atrial pressure increased the gain of the ventilatory response to CO2 below eupnea (1.3 to 2.2 l.min(-1).Torr(-1)) and thereby narrowed the CO2 reserve [P(ET(CO2)) (apneic threshold) - P(ET(CO2)) (eupnea)], despite the decreased plant gain resulting from the hyperventilation. We conclude that acute pulmonary hypertension during sleep results in a narrowed CO2 reserve and thus predisposes toward apnea/unstable breathing and may, therefore, contribute to the breathing instability observed in CHF.
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- Bruno J Chenuel
- Laboratoire de Physiologie, Faculté de Médecine de Nancy, Université Henri Poincaré, Nancy, France
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Central sleep apnea (CSA) is characterized by the periodic occurrence of apnea caused by loss of ventilatory motor output. CSA is often discussed as a minor variant of obstructive sleep apnea.However, this view obscures the critical contribution of CSA as an important manifestation of breathing instability in a variety of conditions with diverse causes. Central apnea can also be a physiologic phenomenon in healthy people during sleep onset. Conversely, patients who have obstructive apnea may also develop episodes of apparent central apnea, and apneas that begin as central may become obstructive as respiratory effort is restored ("mixed apneas"). Thus, there is a significant overlap between obstructive and central apnea. This article addresses the pathophysiology, clinical features, and management of normocapnic and hypercapnic CSA.
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- M Safwan Badr
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Harper University Hospital, 3-Hudson, 3990 John R. Street, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
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Jounieaux V, Rodenstein D. Acknowledging Previous Work Is Part of Scientific Process. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2004; 169:1071; author reply 1071-2. [PMID: 15107305 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.169.9.952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Cooper HE, Clutton-Brock TH, Parkes MJ. Contribution of the respiratory rhythm to sinus arrhythmia in normal unanesthetized subjects during positive-pressure mechanical hyperventilation. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2004; 286:H402-11. [PMID: 12958033 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00504.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The precise contribution of the CO2-dependent respiratory rhythm to sinus arrhythmia in eupnea is unclear. The respiratory rhythm and sinus arrhythmia were measured in 12 normal, unanesthetized subjects in normocapnia and hypocapnia during mechanical hyperventilation with positive pressure. In normocapnia (41 +/- 1 mmHg), the respiratory rhythm was always detectable from airway pressure and inspiratory electromyogram activity. The amplitude of sinus arrhythmia (138 +/- 21 ms) during mechanical hyperventilation with positive pressure was not significantly different from that in eupnea. During the same mechanical hyperventilation pattern but in hypocapnia (24 +/- 1 mmHg), the respiratory rhythm was undetectable and the amplitude of sinus arrhythmia was significantly reduced (to 40 +/- 5 ms). These results show a greater contribution to sinus arrhythmia from the respiratory rhythm during hypocapnia caused by mechanical hyperventilation than previously indicated in normal subjects during hypocapnia caused by voluntary hyperventilation. We discuss whether the respiratory rhythm provides the principal contribution to sinus arrhythmia in eupnea.
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- H E Cooper
- School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Univ. of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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Sharshar T, Desmarais G, Louis B, Macadou G, Porcher R, Harf A, Raphaël JC, Isabey D, Lofaso F. Transdiaphragmatic pressure control of airway pressure support in healthy subjects. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003; 168:760-9. [PMID: 12773333 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200203-241oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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We designed a new servoventilator that proportionally adjusts airway pressure to transdiaphragmatic pressure (Pdi) generated by the subject during inspiration. Each cycle is triggered by either a preset Pdi increase or a preset inspiratory flow value (whichever is reached first), whereas cycling-off is flow-dependent. We evaluated the servoventilator in seven healthy subjects at normocapnia and three levels of hypercapnia (normocapnia + 3, + 6, and + 9 mm Hg) comparatively with spontaneous breathing. Triggering was by Pdi in six subjects and flow in one. At all end-tidal carbon dioxide pressure levels, time from onset of diaphragm electromyographic activity to inspiratory flow was similar with and without the servoventilator. Airway pressure increased proportionally to Pdi variation during servoventilator breathing. Flow, tidal volume, respiratory rate, intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure, and esophageal and transdiaphragmatic pressure-time products increased significantly with hypercapnia with and without the servoventilator. Breathing pattern parameters were similar in the two breathing modes, and no differences were found for intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure or gastric pressure variation during exhalation. Esophageal and transdiaphragmatic pressure-time products were lower with than without the servoventilator. The Pdi-driven servoventilator was well synchronized to the subjects effort, delivering a pressure proportional to Pdi and reducing respiratory effort at normocapnia and hypercapnia.
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- Tarek Sharshar
- Service d'Explorations Fonctionnelles, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Garches, France
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Rice AJ, Nakayama HC, Haverkamp HC, Pegelow DF, Skatrud JB, Dempsey JA. Controlled versus assisted mechanical ventilation effects on respiratory motor output in sleeping humans. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003; 168:92-101. [PMID: 12714346 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200207-675oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Central apneas occur after cessation of mechanical ventilation despite normocapnic conditions. We asked whether this was due to ventilator-induced increases in respiratory rate or VT. Accordingly, we compared the effects of increased VT (135 to 220% of eupneic VT) with and without increased respiratory rate, using controlled and assist control mechanical ventilation, respectively, upon transdiaphragmatic pressure in sleeping humans. Increasing ventilator frequency +1 per minute and VT to 165-200% of baseline eupnea eliminated transdiaphragmatic pressure during controlled mechanical ventilation and prolonged expiratory time (two to four times control) after mechanical ventilation. During and after assist control mechanical ventilation at 135-220% of eupneic VT, transdiaphragmatic pressure was reduced in proportion to the increase in ventilator volume. However, every ventilator cycle was triggered by an active inspiration, and immediately after mechanical ventilation, expiratory time during spontaneous breathing was prolonged less than 20% of that observed after controlled mechanical ventilation at similar VT. We conclude that both increased frequency and VT during mechanical ventilation significantly inhibited respiratory motor output via nonchemical mechanisms. Controlled mechanical ventilation at increased frequency plus moderate elevations in VT reset respiratory rhythm and inhibited respiratory motor output to a much greater extent than did increased VT alone.
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- Anthony J Rice
- Department of Population Health Sciences, The John Rankin Laboratory of Pulmonary Medicine, 504 North Walnut Street, Madison, WI 53726-2368, USA
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Corne S, Webster K, Younes M. Hypoxic respiratory response during acute stable hypocapnia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003; 167:1193-9. [PMID: 12714342 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2203019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The hypoxic ventilatory response during hypocapnia has been studied with divergent results. We used volume-cycled ventilation in spontaneously breathing normal subjects to study their hypoxic ventilatory response under conditions of stable hypocapnia. Subjects were studied at three different levels of end-tidal (partial) carbon dioxide pressure (PETCO2), eucapnia and 6 and 12 mm Hg below eucapnia (mild and moderate hypocapnia, respectively). The response to hypoxia was assessed by changes in muscle pressure output (Pmus) and respiratory rate. Compared with the Pmus response at eucapnia (0.53 +/- 0.59 cm H2O/percentage oxygen saturation [% O2sat]), the response at mild hypocapnia was attenuated (0.26 +/- 0.33 cm H2O/% O2sat), whereas the response at moderate hypocapnia was negligible (0.003 +/- 0.09 cm H2O/% O2sat). Similar reductions were seen with the respiratory rate (eucapnia, 0.17 +/- 0.2 breaths/minute/% O2sat; mild hypocapnia, 0.11 +/- 0.11 breaths/minute/% O2sat; moderate hypocapnia, 0.01 +/- 0.06 breaths/minute/% O2sat). The Pmus and respiratory rate responses at the three levels of PETCO2 were significantly different (p < 0.05, analysis of variance). The responses at moderate hypocapnia were not significantly different from zero. We conclude that when apnea occurs under conditions in which central PCO2 is well below the CO2 setpoint, subjects are at risk of developing dangerous hypoxemia due to absence of a hypoxic ventilatory response.
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- Stephen Corne
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Mitrouska I, Kondili E, Prinianakis G, Siafakas N, Georgopoulos D. Effects of theophylline on ventilatory poststimulus potentiation in patients with brain damage. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003; 167:1124-30. [PMID: 12531775 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200206-552oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Patients with brain damage, in contrast to normal subjects, exhibit a significant ventilatory undershoot when brief hypocapnic hypoxia is terminated abruptly by hyperoxia. This has been attributed to an impairment of activation of short-term potentiation, a brain stem mechanism promoting breathing stability. We hypothesized that in these patients theophylline, a drug that stabilizes breathing, may affect short-term potentiation. Eight stable patients with brain damage and 10 normal adults were studied. Activation of short-term potentiation was examined by brief exposure to hypoxia followed by hyperoxia after pretreatment with placebo or theophylline. Both in patients and normal subjects at the end of hypoxia ventilation increased to a similar magnitude with and without theophylline. In normal subjects independent of pretreatment, when hypoxia was terminated abruptly by hyperoxia, ventilation declined slowly to baseline without an undershoot, indicating activation of short-term potentiation. In patients with placebo, ventilation upon switching to hyperoxia exhibited a significant undershoot. This undershoot was significantly attenuated by theophylline, although compared with normal subjects, a slight hypoventilation was observed. We conclude that in patients with brain damage, theophylline largely prevents the hyperoxic drop of ventilation, presumably by affecting the activation of short-term potentiation. This may underlie the beneficial effect of theophylline on breathing stability.
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- Ioanna Mitrouska
- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, University of Crete, Greece
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Zhou XS, Rowley JA, Demirovic F, Diamond MP, Badr MS. Effect of testosterone on the apneic threshold in women during NREM sleep. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2003; 94:101-7. [PMID: 12391093 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00264.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The hypocapnic apneic threshold (AT) is lower in women relative to men. To test the hypothesis that the gender difference in AT was due to testosterone, we determined the AT during non-rapid eye movement sleep in eight healthy, nonsnoring, premenopausal women before and after 10-12 days of transdermal testosterone. Hypocapnia was induced via nasal mechanical ventilation (MV) for 3 min with tidal volumes ranging from 175 to 215% above eupneic tidal volume and respiratory frequency matched to eupneic frequency. Cessation of MV resulted in hypocapnic central apnea or hypopnea depending on the magnitude of hypocapnia. Nadir minute ventilation as a percentage of control (%Ve) was plotted against the change in end-tidal CO(2) (Pet(CO(2))); %Ve was given a value of zero during central apnea. The AT was defined as the Pet(CO(2)) at which the apnea closest to the last hypopnea occurred; hypocapnic ventilatory response (HPVR) was defined as the slope of the linear regression Ve vs. Pet(CO(2)). Both the AT (39.5 +/- 2.9 vs. 42.1 +/- 3.0 Torr; P = 0.002) and HPVR (0.20 +/- 0.05 vs. 0.33 +/- 0.11%Ve/Torr; P = 0.016) increased with testosterone administration. We conclude that testosterone administration increases AT in premenopausal women, suggesting that the increased breathing instability during sleep in men is related to the presence of testosterone.
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- X S Zhou
- Sleep Research Laboratory, John D. Dingell Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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Satoh M, Eastwood PR, Smith CA, Dempsey JA. Nonchemical Elimination of Inspiratory Motor Output via Mechanical Ventilation in Sleep. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001; 163:1356-64. [PMID: 11371401 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.163.6.2004169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In six dogs studied in nonrapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, we found that the frequency, volume, and timing of application of mechanical ventilator breaths had marked and sustained inhibitory effects on diaphragm electromyogram (EMG(di)). Single ventilator breaths of tidal volume (VT) 75-200% of control caused apnea (up to three times eupneic expiratory time [TE]) when applied during the initial 25-65% of expiratory time. When continuous controlled mechanical ventilation (CMV) was applied with ventilator frequency increased as little as 1 cycle/min > eupnea and Pa(CO(2)) and VT maintained at near eupneic control levels, EMG(di) was silenced and triangularis sterni EMG (EMG(ts)) became tonic within 2 to 5 ventilator cycles. On cessation of normocapnic CMV, apnea ensued with TE ranging from 1.2 to five times eupneic TE. The spontaneous VT and EMG(di) determined immediately after these prolonged apneas were also markedly reduced in amplitude. The larger the VT applied during the isocapnic CMV (120-200% of eupnea) and the longer the duration of the CMV (3-90 s), the longer the duration of the postventilator apnea. Significant postventilator apneas and postapneic hypoventilation also occurred even when end-tidal CO(2) pressure (PET(CO(2))) was raised 3-5 mm Hg > eupnea (and 7-10 mm Hg > normal apneic threshold) throughout CMV trials at raised frequency and VT. Our findings demonstrate that the increased frequency of CMV was critical to the elimination of inspiratory motor output and the onset of tonic expiratory muscle activity; furthermore, once EMG(di) was silenced, the tidal volume and duration of the passive mechanical ventilation determined the magnitude of the short-term inhibition of inspiratory motor output after cessation of CMV.
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- M Satoh
- John Rankin Laboratory of Pulmonary Medicine and Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706-2368, USA
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Younes M. Apnea Following Mechanical Ventilation May Not Be Caused by Neuromechanical Influences. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001; 163:1298-301. [PMID: 11371388 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.163.6.pc1201b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Akahoshi T, White DP, Edwards JK, Beauregard J, Shea SA. Phasic mechanoreceptor stimuli can induce phasic activation of upper airway muscles in humans. J Physiol 2001; 531:677-91. [PMID: 11251050 PMCID: PMC2278497 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2001.0677h.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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1. Upper airway dilator muscles are phasically activated throughout breathing by respiratory pattern generator neurons. Studies have shown that non-physiological upper airway mechanoreceptive stimuli (e.g. rapidly imposed pulses of negative pressure) also activate these muscles. Such reflexes may become activated during conditions that alter airway resistance in order to stabilise airway patency. 2. To determine the contribution of ongoing mechanoreceptive reflexes to phasic activity of airway dilators, we assessed genioglossal electromyogram (GG EMG: rectified with moving time average of 100 ms) during slow (physiological) oscillations in negative pressure generated spontaneously and passively (negative pressure ventilator). 3. Nineteen healthy adults were studied while awake, during passive mechanical ventilation across normal physiological ranges of breathing rates (13-19 breaths min-1) and volumes (0.5-1.0 l) and during spontaneous breathing across the physiological range of end-tidal carbon dioxide (PET,CO2; 32-45 mmHg). 4. Within-breath phasic changes in airway mechanoreceptor stimuli (negative pressure or flow) were highly correlated with within-breath phasic genioglossal activation, probably representing a robust mechanoreceptive reflex. These reflex relationships were largely unchanged by alterations in central drive to respiratory pump muscles or the rate of mechanical ventilation within the ranges studied. A multivariate model revealed that tonic GG EMG, PET,CO2 and breath duration provided no significant independent information in the prediction of inspiratory peak GG EMG beyond that provided by epiglottic pressure, which alone explained 93 % of the variation in peak GG EMG across all conditions. The overall relationship was: Peak GG EMG = 79.7 - (11.3 X Peak epiglottic pressure), where GG EMG is measured as percentage of baseline, and epiglottic pressure is in cmH2O. 5. These data provide strong evidence that upper airway dilator muscles can be activated throughout inspiration via ongoing mechanoreceptor reflexes. Such a feedback mechanism is likely to be active on a within-breath basis to protect upper airway patency in awake humans. This mechanism could mediate the increased genioglossal activity observed in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (i.e. reflex compensation for an anatomically smaller airway).
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- T Akahoshi
- Harvard Medical School and Division of Sleep Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 221 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Zhou XS, Shahabuddin S, Zahn BR, Babcock MA, Badr MS. Effect of gender on the development of hypocapnic apnea/hypopnea during NREM sleep. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2000; 89:192-9. [PMID: 10904052 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.89.1.192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We hypothesized that a decreased susceptibility to the development of hypocapnic central apnea during non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep in women compared with men could be an explanation for the gender difference in the sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome. We studied eight men (age 25-35 yr) and eight women in the midluteal phase of the menstrual cycle (age 21-43 yr); we repeated studies in six women during the midfollicular phase. Hypocapnia was induced via nasal mechanical ventilation for 3 min, with respiratory frequency matched to eupneic frequency. Tidal volume (VT) was increased between 110 and 200% of eupneic control. Cessation of mechanical ventilation resulted in hypocapnic central apnea or hypopnea, depending on the magnitude of hypocapnia. Nadir minute ventilation in the recovery period was plotted against the change in end-tidal PCO(2) (PET(CO(2))) per trial; minute ventilation was given a value of 0 during central apnea. The apneic threshold was defined as the x-intercept of the linear regression line. In women, induction of a central apnea required an increase in VT to 155 +/- 29% (mean +/- SD) and a reduction of PET(CO(2)) by -4.72 +/- 0.57 Torr. In men, induction of a central apnea required an increase in VT to 142 +/- 13% and a reduction of PET(CO(2)) by -3.54 +/- 0.31 Torr (P = 0.002). There was no difference in the apneic threshold between the follicular and the luteal phase in women. Premenopausal women are less susceptible to hypocapnic disfacilitation during NREM sleep than men. This effect was not explained by progesterone. Preservation of ventilatory motor output during hypocapnia may explain the gender difference in sleep apnea.
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- X S Zhou
- John D. Dingell Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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Lake FR, Finucane KE, Hillman DR. Diaphragm inhibition with positive pressure ventilation: quantification of mechanical effects. RESPIRATION PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 118:149-61. [PMID: 10647859 DOI: 10.1016/s0034-5687(99)00065-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To quantify any mechanical inhibitory effect of nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV) on inspiratory activity of the diaphragm we ventilated five conscious relaxed subjects on two occasions at respiratory rates similar to quiet breathing (QB) and at three levels of applied pressure (Pappl)--6, 9 and 12 cmH2O, each during hypocapnia (P(CO2) allowed to decrease) and eucapnia (CO2 added to inspired gas). Diaphragm activity was assessed from transdiaphragmatic pressure (esophageal and gastric balloons) and diaphragm EMG (surface electrodes) both integrated with time (integral(Pdi x dt) and integral(EMGdi x dt), respectively). Neural inspiratory time (Tin) was measured as onset to peak of the integral(EMGdi x dt) signal. Relative to QB, integral(Pdi x dt) was 50-69% less during eucapnic IPPV 6-12 cmH2O (P < 0.005) and 67-85% less during hypocapnic IPPV (P < 0.005). Tin decreased (P < 0.05) with IPPV and, on ceasing IPPV, there was apnoea (prolonged expiratory time) on 23 of 27 occasions; these changes were independent of P(CO2). Integral(EMGdi x dt) decreased (P < 0.05) at Pappl 12 cmH2O during eucapnia and at all Pappl during hypocapnia. The repeatability of integral(EMGdi x dt) was substantially less than integral(Pdi x dt) (F = 42, P << 0.01). We conclude that, during non-invasive IPPV in awake healthy subjects mechanical factors are of major importance in inhibiting inspiratory activity of the diaphragm.
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- F R Lake
- Department of Pulmonary Physiology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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Obstructive sleep apnea is a fairly common disorder with significant adverse health consequences. However, the pathogenetic mechanisms remain incompletely understood. Upper airway (UA) patency is determined by several neuromuscular and nonneuromuscular factors including (1) UA dilating muscle activity, (2) the collapsing transmural pressure generated during inspiration, (3) changes in caudal traction, (4) vasomotor tone, and (5) mucosal adhesive forces. This review addresses the effect of sleep on UA function and how these factors conspire to cause UA obstruction.
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- M S Badr
- Detroit VA Medical Center and Department of Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, MI, USA
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Fauroux B, Isabey D, Desmarais G, Brochard L, Harf A, Lofaso F. Nonchemical influence of inspiratory pressure support on inspiratory activity in humans. J Appl Physiol (1985) 1998; 85:2169-75. [PMID: 9843540 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.85.6.2169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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To determine whether nonchemical inhibition of respiratory activity occurs during inspiratory pressure support (IPS) ventilation (IPSV), respiratory motor output (in 9 subjects), obtained by calculating transdiaphragmatic pressure-time products, and central respiratory output (in 5 subjects), obtained by integrating the electromyographic activity of the diaphragm (EMGdi) during mechanical inspiratory time, EMGdi per minute, and electrical inspiratory time, as determined from onset to peak EMGdi, were compared during spontaneous ventilation (control) and IPSV with (IPS+CO2) and without (IPS) correction of hypocapnia. Both IPS and IPS+CO2 induced significant decreases in transdiaphragmatic pressure-time products (46 +/- 31 and 53 +/- 23%, respectively), EMGdi during mechanical inspiratory time (49 +/- 12 and 57 +/- 14%, respectively), EMGdi per minute (65 +/- 22 and 69 +/- 15%, respectively), and electrical inspiratory time (73 +/- 8 and 65 +/- 6%, respectively). Because correction of hypocapnia failed to eliminate the marked inhibition of both respiratory and central motor output seen with IPS, we conclude that nonchemical inhibition of respiratory activity occurs during IPSV.
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- B Fauroux
- Service de Physiologie, Explorations Fonctionnelles, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U 492, Hôpital Henri Mondor, 94010 Créteil, France
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Meza S, Mendez M, Ostrowski M, Younes M. Susceptibility to periodic breathing with assisted ventilation during sleep in normal subjects. J Appl Physiol (1985) 1998; 85:1929-40. [PMID: 9804601 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.85.5.1929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Assisted ventilation with pressure support (PSV) or proportional assist (PAV) ventilation has the potential to produce periodic breathing (PB) during sleep. We hypothesized that PB will develop when PSV level exceeds the product of spontaneous tidal volume (VT) and elastance (VTsp . E) but that the actual level at which PB will develop [PSV(PB)] will be influenced by the DeltaPCO2 (difference between eupneic PCO2 and CO2 apneic threshold) and by DeltaRR [response of respiratory rate (RR) to PSV]. We also wished to determine the PAV level at which PB develops to assess inherent ventilatory stability in normal subjects. Twelve normal subjects underwent polysomnography while connected to a PSV/PAV ventilator prototype. Level of assist with either mode was increased in small steps (2-5 min each) until PB developed or the subject awakened. End-tidal PCO2, VT, RR, and airway pressure (Paw) were continuously monitored, and the pressure generated by respiratory muscle (Pmus) was calculated. The pressure amplification factor (PAF) at the highest PAV level was calculated from [(DeltaPaw + Pmus)/Pmus], where DeltaPaw is peak Paw - continuous positive airway pressure. PB with central apneas developed in 11 of 12 subjects on PSV. DeltaPCO2 ranged from 1.5 to 5.8 Torr. Changes in RR with PSV were small and bidirectional (+1.1 to -3.5 min-1). With use of stepwise regression, PSV(PB) was significantly correlated with VTsp (P = 0.001), E (P = 0.00009), DeltaPCO2 (P = 0.007), and DeltaRR (P = 0.006). The final regression model was as follows: PSV(PB) = 11.1 VTsp + 0.3E - 0.4 DeltaPCO2 - 0.34 DeltaRR - 3.4 (r = 0.98). PB developed in five subjects on PAV at amplification factors of 1.5-3.4. It failed to occur in seven subjects, despite PAF of up to 7.6. We conclude that 1) a PCO2 apneic threshold exists during sleep at 1.5-5.8 Torr below eupneic PCO2, 2) the development of PB during PSV is entirely predictable during sleep, and 3) the inherent susceptibility to PB varies considerably among normal subjects.
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- S Meza
- Respiratory Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3A 1R8
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Boden AG, Harris MC, Parkes MJ. Apneic threshold for CO2 in the anesthetized rat: fundamental properties under steady-state conditions. J Appl Physiol (1985) 1998; 85:898-907. [PMID: 9729563 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.85.3.898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Experiments were performed to measure the apneic threshold for CO2 and its fundamental properties in anesthetized rats under steady-state conditions. Breathing was detected from diaphragmatic electromyogram activity. Mechanical hyperventilation resulted in apnea once arterial PCO2 (PaCO2) had fallen far enough. Apnea was not a reflex response to lung inflation because it did not occur immediately, was not prevented by vagotomy, and was reversed by raising PaCO2 without changing mechanical hyperventilation. The apneic threshold was measured by hyperventilating rats mechanically with O2 until apnea had occurred and then raising PaCO2 at constant hyperventilation until breathing reappeared. The mean PaCO2 level of the apneic threshold in 42 rats was 32.8 +/- 0.4 Torr. The level of the threshold did not depend on the volume at which the lungs were inflated. The level of the threshold, under steady-state conditions, was the same when approached from hypocapnia as from eupnea. The level of the threshold could be raised by 9 Torr by chronic elevation of the eupneic PaCO2 level by 18 Torr.
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- A G Boden
- School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, and University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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Obstructive sleep apnea is a common medical disorder with significant adverse health consequences. The pathogenesis of pharyngeal obstruction during sleep, however, remains elusive. This article addresses the key mechanisms of upper airway (UA) obstruction including the role of transmural pressure, pharyngeal compliance, pharyngeal dilating muscle activity and non-neuromuscular factors. A proposed scheme of the pathophysiology of UA obstruction is outlined.
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- M S Badr
- Pulmonary Section (111A), Detroit VA Medical Center, MI 48201, USA
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Meza S, Giannouli E, Younes M. Control of breathing during sleep assessed by proportional assist ventilation. J Appl Physiol (1985) 1998; 84:3-12. [PMID: 9451611 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.84.1.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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We used proportional assist ventilation (PAV) to evaluate the sources of respiratory drive during sleep. PAV increases the slope of the relation between tidal volume (VT) and respiratory muscle pressure output (Pmus). We reasoned that if respiratory drive is dominated by chemical factors, progressive increase of PAV gain should result in only a small increase in VT because Pmus would be downregulated substantially as a result of small decreases in PCO2. In the presence of substantial nonchemical sources of drive [believed to be the case in rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep] PAV should result in a substantial increase in minute ventilation and reduction in PCO2 as the output related to the chemically insensitive drive source is amplified severalfold. Twelve normal subjects underwent polysomnography while connected to a PAV ventilator. Continuous positive air pressure (5.2 +/- 2.0 cmH2O) was administered to stabilize the upper airway. PAV was increased in 2-min steps from 0 to 20, 40, 60, 80, and 90% of the subject's elastance and resistance. VT, respiratory rate, minute ventilation, and end-tidal CO2 pressure were measured at the different levels, and Pmus was calculated. Observations were obtained in stage 2 sleep (n = 12), slow-wave sleep (n = 11), and REM sleep (n = 7). In all cases, Pmus was substantially downregulated with increase in assist so that the increase in VT, although significant (P < 0.05), was small 0.08 liter at the highest assist). There was no difference in response between REM and non-REM sleep. We conclude that respiratory drive during sleep is dominated by chemical control and that there is no fundamental difference between REM and non-REM sleep in this regard. REM sleep appears to simply add bidirectional noise to what is basically a chemically controlled respiratory output.
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- S Meza
- Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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Wilkinson MH, Berger PJ, Blanch N, Brodecky V, Jones CA. Paradoxical effect of oxygen administration on breathing stability following post-hyperventilation apnoea in lambs. J Physiol 1997; 504 ( Pt 1):199-209. [PMID: 9350630 PMCID: PMC1159948 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.199bf.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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1. Oxygen administration is thought to suppress periodic breathing (PB) by reducing carotid body activity, and yet earlier experiments in neonates have shown that PB incidence may be increased following the application of hyperoxia. To clarify this paradox, we studied the changes in the pattern of PB that occur following administration of oxygen in a lamb model of PB. 2. PB was induced in eleven of seventeen anaesthetized lambs following passive hyperventilation with air. When oxygen was administered during PB, the pattern was first enhanced, as evidenced by a sudden decrease in the ratio of the ventilatory duration to the apnoeic pause duration, and then suppressed, as evidenced by a progressive return to stable breathing which was associated with an increase in minute ventilation. 3. Five of the six lambs that did not show PB following passive hyperventilation with air could be made to do so if oxygen was substituted for air as the inspired gas following passive hyperventilation. 4. Five of the eleven lambs that showed PB following hyperventilation with air responded to the application of oxygen during PB by switching to a gross form of episodic breathing consisting of long apnoeic pauses followed by equally long periods of breathing during which minute ventilation fell progressively with time. 5. We conclude that when applied against a background of arterial hypoxaemia, oxygen has a destabilizing influence on ventilation in that (a) it accentuates the unstable breathing that occurs during PB, (b) it induces PB in lambs that exhibited stable breathing in air, and (c) it may precipitate episodic breathing.
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- M H Wilkinson
- Institute of Reproduction and Development, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
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Muro S, Oku Y, Chin K, Mishima M, Ohi M, Kuno K. The effect of the level of ventilatory assist on the level of respiratory drive in decerebrate cats. RESPIRATION PHYSIOLOGY 1997; 109:205-17. [PMID: 9342798 DOI: 10.1016/s0034-5687(97)00062-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The present study was undertaken to investigate whether, independent of changes in PaCO2, ventilatory assist influences not only the pattern but also the level of the respiratory drive. The experiments were performed on decerebrate and paralyzed cats ventilated by a phrenic-driven servo respirator at three different FICO2 levels (0, 0.30, 0.05). The level of ventilatory assist was altered within the range where PaCO2 did not exceed 80 Torr. A higher FICO2 accompanied a higher level of ventilatory assist. The relationship between the minute phrenic activity and log10 PaCO2 at a given FICO2 was linear. No significant difference was found in the regression lines at different levels of FICO2. We conclude that ventilatory assist has little effect on the respiratory drive at a constant level of chemical feedback during hypercapnia.
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- S Muro
- Department of Clinical Physiology, Kyoto University, Japan.
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Manchanda S, Leevers AM, Wilson CR, Simon PM, Skatrud JB, Dempsey JA. Frequency and volume thresholds for inhibition of inspiratory motor output during mechanical ventilation. RESPIRATION PHYSIOLOGY 1996; 105:1-16. [PMID: 8897646 DOI: 10.1016/0034-5687(96)00037-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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We quantified volume and frequency thresholds necessary for the inhibition of respiratory motor output during prolonged normocapnic mechanical ventilation in healthy subjects during wakefulness (n = 7) and NREM sleep (n = 5). Subjects were ventilated at eupneic frequency (fR) with 3 min step-wise increases in tidal volume (VT), or at eupneic VT with step-wise increases in fR, or by combinations of these two parameters. Inhibition of respiratory motor output was determined using mask pressure and, when available, esophageal pressure and diaphragmatic EMG. During wakefulness, the volume threshold (at eupneic fR) averaged 969 +/- 94 ml or 1.3-1.4 times the average eupneic tidal volume; the frequency threshold (at eupneic VT was 14.1 +/- 0.7 min-1 or 1.2 times the average eupneic frequency. The volume threshold was reduced when MV was provided at an fR above the eupneic value, and the frequency threshold was decreased when MV was provided at a VT above the eupneic level. During NREM sleep (n = 5) the volume threshold for inhibition was 835 +/- 108 ml or 1.4-1.5 times eupneic VT. The inhibitory thresholds for VT and fR were reproducible upon repeat trials within subjects. We conclude that inhibition of respiratory motor output during prolonged normocapnic mechanical ventilation in wakefulness or NREM sleep is highly sensitive to changes in ventilator VT, fR and their combination.
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- S Manchanda
- Medical Research Service, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, USA
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Gozal D, Omidvar O, Kirlew KA, Hathout GM, Lufkin RB, Harper RM. Functional magnetic resonance imaging reveals brain regions mediating the response to resistive expiratory loads in humans. J Clin Invest 1996; 97:47-53. [PMID: 8550849 PMCID: PMC507061 DOI: 10.1172/jci118405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Obstructive lung disease is the most common form of respiratory disturbance. However, the location of brain structures underlying the ventilatory response to resistive expiratory loads is unknown in humans. To study this issue, midsagittal magnetic resonance images were acquired in eight healthy volunteers before and after application of a moderate resistive expiratory load (30 cmH2O/liter/s), using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) strategies (1.5-T magnetic resonance; repetition time: 72 ms; echo time: 45 ms; flip angle: 30 degrees; field of view: 26 cm; slice thickness: 5 mm; 128 x 256 x 1 number of excitations). Digital image subtractions and region of interest analyses revealed significant increases in fMRI signal intensity in discrete areas of the ventral medulla, ventral and dorsal pontomedullary structures, basal forebrain, and cerebellum. Upon load withdrawal, a rapid fMRI signal off-transient occurred in all activated sites. Application of an identical load immediately after recovery from the initial stimulus resulted in smaller signal increases (P < 0.02). Prolongation of load duration was associated with progressive fMRI signal decrease across activated regions. In three additional subjects, the threshold for significant MRI signal increases was established at expiratory loads > or = 15 cmH2O/liter/s and was dose dependent with increasing loads. We conclude that resistive expiratory loads > or = 15 cmH2O/liter/s elicit regional activation of discrete brain locations in humans.
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- D Gozal
- Department of Neurobiology, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine 90095, USA
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Corfield DR, Morrell MJ, Guz A. The nature of breathing during hypocapnia in awake man. RESPIRATION PHYSIOLOGY 1995; 101:145-59. [PMID: 8570917 DOI: 10.1016/0034-5687(95)00026-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We have studied post-hyperventilation breathing pattern in eight, awake, healthy, naive volunteers after 5 min voluntary or mechanical hyperventilation during normocapnia (PETCO2 = 38 mmHg) and 'hypocapnia (24 mmHg). Breathing was monitored for 10 min post-hyperventilation, 'non-invasively', using calibrated respiratory inductance plethysmography; wakefulness was confirmed with electroencephalography. Comparison of breathing following hypocapnic voluntary hyperventilation with that following hypocapnic mechanical hyperventilation indicated that ventilation was elevated following voluntary hyperventilation; this would suggest that 'after-discharge' exists in man following active hyperventilation, even during hypocapnia. In the absence of 'after-discharge' (i.e. following mechanical hyperventilation), hypocapnia was clearly associated with hypoventilation. Apnoeas (increased TE) were present during hypocapnia; but neither the duration nor the occurrence of apnoea was related to the absolute level of PETCO2. Most notable, was the marked increase in breath-by-breath variability of TI, TE and VT during hypocapnia. The increased variability of breathing during hypocapnia may reflect fluctuations in behavioural drives associated with wakefulness.
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- D R Corfield
- Department of Medicine, Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, London, UK
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Gozal D, Omidvar O, Kirlew KA, Hathout GM, Hamilton R, Lufkin RB, Harper RM. Identification of human brain regions underlying responses to resistive inspiratory loading with functional magnetic resonance imaging. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1995; 92:6607-11. [PMID: 7604040 PMCID: PMC41567 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.14.6607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Compensatory ventilatory responses to increased inspiratory loading are essential for adequate breathing regulation in a number of pulmonary diseases; however, the human brain sites mediating such responses are unknown. Midsagittal and axial images were acquired in 11 healthy volunteers during unloaded and loaded (30 cmH2O; 1 cmH2O = 98 Pa) inspiratory breathing, by using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) strategies (1.5-tesla MR; repetition time, 72 msec; echo time, 45 msec; flip angle, 30 degrees; field of view, 26 cm; slice thickness, 5 mm; number of excitations, 1; matrix, 128 x 256). Digital image subtractions and region of interest analyses revealed significantly increased fMRI signal intensity in discrete areas of the ventral and dorsal pons, interpeduncular nucleus, basal forebrain, putamen, and cerebellar regions. Upon load withdrawal, certain regions displayed a rapid fMRI signal off-transient, while in others, a slower fMRI signal decay emerged. Sustained loading elicited slow decreases in fMRI signal across activated regions, while second application of an identical load resulted in smaller signal increases compared to initial signal responses (P < 0.001). A moderate inspiratory load is associated with consistent regional activation of discrete brain locations; certain of these regions have been implicated in mediation of loaded breathing in animal models. We speculate that temporal changes in fMRI signal may indicate respiratory after-discharge and/or habituation phenomena.
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- D Gozal
- Department of Anatomy, University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90095, USA
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