Pulmonary gas exchange and acid-base state at 5,260 m in high-altitude Bolivians and acclimatized lowlanders.
Pulmonary gas exchange and acid-base state at 5,260 m in high-altitude Bolivians and acclimatized lowlanders.
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高海拔玻利维亚人和适应的低地人在 5,260 m 处的肺气体交换和酸碱状态。
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10.1152/japplphysiol.00093.2001
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2002
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Saltin,Bengt
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Wagner,PeterD;Araoz,Mauricio;Boushel,Robert;Calbet,JoséAL;Jessen,Birgitte;Rådegran,Göran;Spielvogel,Hilde;Søndegaard,Hans;Wagner,Harrieth;Saltin,Bengt
Pulmonary gas exchange and acid-base state were compared in nine Danish lowlanders (L) acclimatized to 5,260 m for 9 wk and seven native Bolivian residents (N) of La Paz (altitude 3,600–4,100 m) brought acutely to this altitude. We evaluated normalcy of arterial pH and assessed pulmonary gas exchange and acid-base balance at rest and during peak exercise when breathing room air and 55% O2. Despite 9 wk at 5,260 m and considerable renal bicarbonate excretion (arterial plasma HCO3−concentration = 15.1 meq/l), resting arterial pH in L was 7.48 ± 0.007 (significantly greater than 7.40). On the other hand, arterial pH in N was only 7.43 ± 0.004 (despite arterial O2saturation of 77%) after ascent from 3,600–4,100 to 5,260 m in 2 h. Maximal power output was similar in the two groups breathing air, whereas on 55% O2only L showed a significant increase. During exercise in air, arterial Pco2was 8 Torr lower in L than in N (P< 0.001), yet Po2was the same such that, at maximal O2uptake,alveolar-arterial Po2difference was lower in N (5.3 ± 1.3 Torr) than in L (10.5 ± 0.8 Torr),P= 0.004. Calculated O2diffusing capacity was 40% higher in N than in L and, if referenced to maximal hyperoxic work, capacity was 73% greater in N. Buffering of lactic acid was greater in N, with 20% less increase in base deficit per millimole per liter rise in lactate. These data show in L persistent alkalosis even after 9 wk at 5,260 m. In N, the data show1) insignificant reduction in exercise capacity when breathing air at 5,260 m compared with breathing 55% O2;2) very little ventilatory response to acute hypoxemia (judged by arterial pH and arterial Pco2responses to hyperoxia);3) during exercise, greater pulmonary diffusing capacity than in L, allowing maintenance of arterial Po2despite lower ventilation; and4) better buffering of lactic acid. These results support and extend similar observations concerning adaptation in lung function in these and other high-altitude native groups previously performed at much lower altitudes.