MONITORING OF VENTILATION BY INTEGRATED DIAPHRAGMATIC ELECTROMYOGRAM
- 26 March 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 172 (13) , 1367-1371
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1960.03020130025007
Abstract
A direct determination of the threshold level of the respiratory center under conditions of anesthesia has been made, apparently for the first time, by use of the integrated diaphragmatic electromyogram (EMG). The disappearance of electrical activity of the diaphragm was used to determine the apneic carbon dioxide pressure (pCO2) in anesthetized man. Controlled increases and decreases of ventilation in 11 anesthetized patients were correlated with the end-tidal carbon dioxide pressures. The onset of apnea occurred at an average pCO2of 38 mm. Hg, 10 mm. Hg below the mean level of unassisted respiration. Recovery from apnea occurred at an average pCO2that was 5 mm. Hg higher than at the onset. The discrepancy probably results from the slow equilibration of carbon dioxide between the blood and nerve cells of the respiratory center.Keywords
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