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Evaluation of Respiratory System Mechanics in Mice using the Forced Oscillation Technique
Published on: May 15, 2013
[Criteria of individual variations in the reactivity of the respiratory system]
Abstract:
Individual variations of the respiratory system reactivity have been studied in experiments on rats. It is shown expedient to estimate reactivity of the respiratory system to hypoxic hypoxia by the pattern of changes in the total oxygen uptake. Animals demonstrating no essential changes in the oxygen uptake in response to hypoxia (11% O2) are referred to individuals with high reactivity of the respiratory system; those responding by a drastic decrease in the oxygen uptake--to animals with low reactivity of the respiratory system. A strong correlation is determined between the respiratory system reactivity and individual resistance of organism to acute hypoxic hypoxia.
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