PMID: 3753362Aug 1, 1986Paper

The combined effects of hypoxemia and mechanical ventilation on renal function

Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine
R W GotshallW R Sexson

Abstract

The combined effects of hypoxemia and mechanical ventilation on renal function were investigated in anesthetized dogs. Spontaneously breathing dogs (S) and dogs mechanically ventilated with a volume-ventilator (V) were made hypoxemic by breathing hypoxic gas to achieve PaO2 values of 35 and 22 mm Hg. At a PaO2 of 35 mm Hg, urine output and sodium excretion were increased in both groups. These responses closely followed the blood pressure response, which was greater in the V group. Renal blood flow (RBF), glomerular filtration rate (GFR), and fractional sodium excretion (FNA) were unchanged. At a PaO2 of 22 mm Hg, both groups demonstrated a reduction in urine flow, sodium excretion, FNA, RBF, and GFR. However, the mechanism involved was different and ventilator-dependent. At this low PaO2, arterial blood pressure was reduced in the S group with no change in renal resistance, while blood pressure increased in the V group with a marked increase in renal resistance as a result of the modification of the cardiovascular effects of lung inflation reflexes by mechanical ventilation. These results indicate that renal function is well-maintained at low PaO2 values (35 mm Hg) and reduced at more severe hypoxemia, mainly in response to sys...Continue Reading

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