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Respiration under stress

Explore impacts of stress, exercise, altitude, & space on respiration. Learn physiological changes, treatments, and responses in diverse conditions.

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Respiration under stress

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  1. Respiration under stress Lectures on respiratory physiology

  2. Respiration under stress Exercise High altitude Diving Space flight

  3. Exercise

  4. Respiratory responses to exercise

  5. Comparison of the increases in blood flow and ventilation

  6. Additional changes with exercise Pulmonary artery, venous and capillary pressures rise Recruitment and distension of capillaries Pulmonary vascular resistance falls Pulmonary diffusing capacity increases Shifts of the O2 dissociation curve Capillaries open up in exercising muscle Systemic vascular resistance falls

  7. High altitude

  8. Decrease of barometric pressure with altitude

  9. Climber on the Everest Summit

  10. Polycythemia at 4600 m altitude • Hemoglobin concentration 19.8 g/dl • Arterial PO2 45 mm Hg • O2 saturation 81% • O2 concentration 22.4 ml/dl

  11. PO2 cascade at sea level and high altitude

  12. Other features of acclimatization • Shifts of the O2 dissociation curve • Increased concentration of capillaries in muscle • Changes in oxidative enzymes in cells

  13. Uneven hypoxic pulmonary vasconstriction exposes some capillaries to high pressure

  14. Diving

  15. Physiological Stresses with Diving Mechanism of decompression sickness Treatment and prevention of decompression sickness Use of helium-oxygen for breathing Saturation diving Inert gas narcosis CNS toxicity caused by high-pressure oxygen Pulmonary oxygen toxicity Hyperbaric oxygen therapy

  16. Concentration of dissolved O2 in the blood with hyperbaric therapy Barometric pressure = 3 x 760 mm Hg Alveolar and arterial PO2 exceed 2000 Solubility of O2 is 0.003 ml/dl/mm Hg Dissolved O2 = 6 ml/dl This exceeds the normal arterial-venous difference for O2

  17. Space flight

  18. Effects of gravity on the lung

  19. Shuttle Launch

  20. Spacelab in the Bay of the Shuttle

  21. Spacelab under 1 G Conditions

  22. Spacelab during Microgravity

  23. Study of Pulmonary Function in Microgravity Package of 9 tests Duration 31 minutes in microgravity Crew member performs test on himself Data available on ground in real time Comprehensive assessment of pulmonary function

  24. Astronaut with the lung function experiment

  25. Pulmonary function in microgravity I • Increased pulmonary capillary blood volume • Increased pulmonary diffusing capacity • Increased cardiac output and stroke volume • More uniform distribution of blood flow and ventilation • FRC between upright and supine at 1G • Residual volume reduced • Changes in the deposition of aerosol

  26. Pulmonary function in microgravity II • O2 uptake and CO2 output unchanged • Alveolar PO2 and PCO2 unchanged • No significant impairment of lung function during two weeks of microgravity • On return from six months on the International Space Station, lung function soon returned to pre-flight conditions

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