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(Chest. 1996;110:958-964.)
© 1996 American College of Chest Physicians

Arterial Blood Gas Changes During Breath-holding From Functional Residual Capacity

Scott A. Sasse MD, FCCP1; Richard B. Berry MD, FCCP1; Tan K. Nguyen MD1; Richard W. Light MD, FCCP1; and C. Kees Mahutte MD, PhD, FCCP1

1 From the Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Long Beach (Calif) VA Medical Center

Breath-holding serves as a model for studying gas exchange during clinical situations in which cessation of ventilation occurs. We chose to examine the arterial blood gas changes that occurred during breath-holding, when breath-holding was initiated from functional residual capacity (FRC) while breathing room air. Eight normal subjects who had a radial artery catheter placed for another study were taught to breath-hold on command from FRC. FRC was determined using respiratory inductance plethysmography. Arterial blood gas specimens were obtained at 5-s intervals until the termination of breath-holding. The average breath-holding time (±SD) was 35 (±10 s). The PaO2, PaCO2 and pH values were plotted against time and individually fit to logistic equations for each subject. The arterial PaO2 fell by a mean of 50 mm Hg during the first 35 s of breath-holding under these conditions, while the arterial PCO2 rose by a mean of 10.2 mm Hg during the first 35 s and the pH fell by a mean of 0.07 in the first 35 s. The rapid decline in PaO2 is greater than that previously reported using different methods and should be considered in clinical situations in which there is an interruption of oxygenation and ventilation at FRC while breathing room air. The changes in PaCO2 and pH are similar to those previously reported in paralyzed apneic patients.

Key Words: airway obstruction • breath-hold • hypoxemia • PaCO2 • PaO2 • pH • respiratory acidosis




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