Anomalous behavior of helium and sulfur hexafluoride during single-breath tests in sustained microgravity.
J Appl Physiol (1985)
; 80(4): 1126-32, 1996 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
We performed single-breath wash-in tests for He and SF6 in four subjects exposed to 14 days of microgravity (microG) during the Spacelab flight Spacelab Life Sciences-2. Subjects inspired a vital capacity breath of 5% He-1.25% SF6-balance O2 and then exhaled to residual volume at 0.5l/s. The tests were also performed with a 10-s breath hold at the end of inspiration. Measurements were also made with the subjects standing and supine in 1 G. Phase III slope was measured after the dead-space washout and before the onset of airway closure. In all subjects in 1 G, whether standing or supine, phase III slope for SF6 was significantly steeper than that for He. However, in microG, the slopes became the same. Furthermore, after breath holding in microG, the SF6 slopes were significantly flatter than those for He. On return to 1 G, the changes were reversed, and there was no difference between preflight and postflight values. Because most of the phase III slope reflects events occurring in the acinar regions of the lung, the results suggest that microG causes conformational changes in the acini or changes in cardiogenic mixing in the lung periphery, but in either case the mechanism is unclear.
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Assunto principal:
Respiração
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Testes de Função Respiratória
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Ausência de Peso
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Hélio
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Pulmão
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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J Appl Physiol (1985)
Ano de publicação:
1996
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