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Ventilatory effect of acute pulmonary hypothermia

G G Giesbrecht1, M Younes

  • 1Respiratory Investigation Unit, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)
|October 1, 1990
PubMed
Summary

Cooling the pulmonary circulation affects breathing by altering inspiratory and expiratory times. This study in dogs shows cold blood injections into the pulmonary artery increase breathing rate by shortening expiratory time.

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