[Pulmonary ventilation in patients with a varying degree of chronic kidney insufficiency]

Lung ventilation was determined in 116 patients with various degrees of chronic renal insufficiency. The patients examined were subdivided into 4 groups according to the values of serum creatinine and glomerular filtration. Lung ventilation was increased in all patient groups, mainly on the account of the increased inspiration reserve volume. The changes in respiration rate were insignificant. PaCO2 values in arterial blood were adopted, by the author, as a sign of an existing hyperventilation. A high correlation interdependence was established between CO2 pressure in arterial blood (PaCO2) and the active blood reaction (pH). Considerably less was the correlation dependence between hyperventilation syndrome and the values of serum creatinine and blood urea.