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Immediate response to inspiratory resistive loading in anesthetized patients with kyphoscoliosis: Spirometric and neural effects

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In kyphoscoliosis (KS), lung volumes are reduced, respiratory elastance and resistance are increased, and breathing pattern is rapid and shallow, attributes that may contribute to defense of tidal volume (VT) in the face of inspiratory resistive loading. The control of ventilation of 12 anesthetized patients about to undergo corrective spinal surgery was compared to that of 11 anesthetized patients free of cardiothoracic disease during quiet breathing and the first breath through one of three linear resistors. Mean forced vital capacity (FVC) of the KS group was 48% that of the controls (C). Passive elastance (Ers) and active elastance and resistance (E′rs and R′rs, respectively) were computed according to previously described techniques (Behrakis PK, Higgs BD, Baydur A, Zin WA, Milic-Emili J (1983) Active inspiratory impedance in halothane-anesthetized humans. J Appl Physiol 54:1477–1481). Baseline tidal volume VT, inspiratory duration TI, expiratory duration TE, duration of total breathing cycle TT, and inspiratory duty cycle TI/TT were significantly reduced, while VE was slightly decreased in the KS. Ers, E′rs, and R′rs, were, respectively, 72, 69, and 89% greater in the KS. Driving pressure (Pmus) was derived from the equation of motion, using active values of respiratory elastance. With resistive loading, there was greater prolongation of TI in the C, while percent reduction in VT and minute ventilation VE was less in KS. Compensation in both groups was achieved through three changes in the Pmus waveform. (1) Peak amplitude increased. (2) The duration of the rising phase increased. (3) The rising Pmus curve became more concave to the time axis. These changes were most marked with application of the highest resistance in both groups. Peak driving pressure and mean rate of rise of Pmus were greater in the KS. Increased intrinsic impedance, Pmus, and differences in changes in neural timing in anesthetized kyphoscoliotics contribute to modestly greater VT defense, compared to that of anesthetized subjects free of cardiorespiratory disease.

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  1. Chest Medicine Service, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, Downey, California

    A. Baydur

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California

    A. Baydur

  3. Department Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California

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Baydur, A., Carlson, M. Immediate response to inspiratory resistive loading in anesthetized patients with kyphoscoliosis: Spirometric and neural effects. Lung 174, 99–118 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00177704

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