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      Effects of body temperature on ventilatory response to hypoxia and breathing pattern in man.

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          The ventilatory response to hypoxia (PAO2 55 and 45 Torr) at each of four levels of PACO2 was studied in five healthy subjects before and after a rise in rectal temperature of 1.4 degrees C had been induced by means of a heated flying suit. At a given level of chemical drive both ventilation and mean inspiratory flow increased after heating, frequency relatively more than tidal volume. In isoventilation comparisons mean inspiratory flow was identical in normo- and hyperthermia, whereas the durations of inspiration (TI) and expiration (TE) were proportionately shortened. It is suggested that a rise in temperature shortens TI by affecting a central "clock" and that TE changes are secondary to changes in end-inspiratory volume. The euoxic CO2 response in hyperthermia was suggestive of multiplication between CO2 and temperature. Hypoxic sensitivity was significantly increased, indicating a temperature effect on the arterial chemoreceptors. The breathing pattern was in either temperature condition identical in euoxia and in hypoxia.

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          Journal
          J Appl Physiol Respir Environ Exerc Physiol
          Journal of applied physiology: respiratory, environmental and exercise physiology
          American Physiological Society
          0161-7567
          0161-7567
          Apr 1977
          : 42
          : 4
          Article
          10.1152/jappl.1977.42.4.492
          863809
          3a5e6c6d-0b8a-41dd-a436-c19f5ef8ef9d
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