EFFECT OF CHANGE IN P-50 ON EXERCISE TOLERANCE AT HIGH-ALTITUDE - A THEORETICAL-STUDY
EFFECT OF CHANGE IN P-50 ON EXERCISE TOLERANCE AT HIGH-ALTITUDE - A THEORETICAL-STUDY
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DOI:
10.1152/jappl.1982.53.6.1487
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
WEST, JB
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作者:
BENCOWITZ, HZ;WAGNER, PD;WEST, JB
Acclimatization to altitude often results in a rightward shift of the O2 dissociation curve (ODC). A left-shifted ODC is reported to increase exercise tolerance in humans at medium altitude and increase survival in rats breathing hypoxic gas mixtures. This paradox was examined using a computer model of pulmonary gas exchange. A Bohr integration procedure allowed for alveolar-capillary diffusion. When diffusion equilibration was complete, mixed venous (P.hivin.vO2) and arterial PO2 [partial pressure] fell as O2 consumption (.ovrhdot.VO2) was increased, but P.hivin.vO2 approached a plateau. Under these conditions a right-shifted ODC is advantageous (higher P.hivin.vO2) at all but very high altitudes. Diffusion limitation of O2 transfer may occur at any altitude if .ovrhdot.VO2 is increased sufficiently. If this occurs, a left-shifted ODC results in higher calculated .ovrhdot.VO2 max (compared with the standard ODC). Diffusion limitation always occurs at a lower .ovrhdot.VO2 with a right-shifted ODC than with a left-shifted ODC. Whether a leftward or rightward shift in the ODC is advantageous to gas exchange at an altitude depends on the presence or absence of diffusion limitation.