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Jim PierceBi 145b
Lecture 2, 2008-09
How do we describe the normal flow in and out of the mouth, lung, and alveoli during a respiratory cycle?
How do we get air in and out of the alveoli?
InhaleExhale
Volumes that go through the mouth:• Tidal Volume• Vital Capacity
Volumes that exist inside the mouth• Residual Volume• End Expiratory Volume
(aka Functional Residual Capacity)• End Inspiratory Volume• Full Lung Capacity
The relationshipbetween thesevolumes and breathing
We can subdivide the space from the mouth inside:
Anatomically• Upper Airways • Lower Airways• Alveoli
Functionally• Alveolar (Gas Exchanging)• Physiologic Dead Space (Not)
} Anatomic Dead Space
Anatomic Dead Space Physiologic Dead Space
Flow:• Tidal Volume
through the mouth per breath• Total Ventilation
through the mouth per minute
• Alveolar Volumethrough the alveoli per breath
• Alveolar Ventilationthrough the alveoli per minute
We can use O2 and CO2 to Understand Volumes:
Fowler’s Method –Anatomic Dead Space
If you inhale a puregas, you will exhale:• Pure Gas• Mixed Gas• Alveolar Gas
Fowler’s Method –Anatomic Dead Space
Approximately 150 ccin a “regular man”
Bohr Equation – Physiologic Dead Space
All CO2 comes from alveolar gas (not dead space)
Arterial CO2 is almost always equal to Alveolar CO2
There is conservation of mass.
Bohr Equation – Physiologic Dead Space
PV = nRT
PACO2 * VA =number of molsof exhaled CO2
PECO2 * VT =number of molsof exhaled CO2
Bohr Equation – Physiologic Dead Space
So:
PACO2 * VA = PECO2 * VT =number of molsof exhaled CO2
Bohr Equation – Physiologic Dead Space
VA = PECO2 VT PACO2
VD = 1 - VA VT VT
VD = 1 - PECO2 VT PACO2
Bohr Equation – Physiologic Dead Space
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Flow takes Work
We’ve already minimized workinvolved to move the chest and lung
Why waste work opening alveoli?
What is the “Residual Volume?”
The amount of air left in the lung after maximal exhale
It’s purpose: Keep the Alveoli Open
At low volumes, alveoli would collapse by:
• Absorbing the last air left behind
• Emptying to a larger alveoli(Surface Tension experiment)
Surfactants:
Are amphipathic molecules that forms a phospholipid monolayer lining the alveoli
The polar heads point at the alveolar wall, the lipophilic side chains point at the lumen
What is surfactant?• Mainly dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine
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Surfactant
At low lung volumes:
In the small alveoli• The lipophilic tails of surfactant
are crowded and push each other away
• This keeps the alveoli open
At low lung volumes:
In the large alveoli• The viscosity of surfactant
resist overdistension
• This keeps the alveoli from expanding
Thus, surfactant acts to
1) keep airways and alveoli open during end expiration.
2) cause even distribution of air during late inspiration.
Surfactant resists LaPlace
Another mechanism exists to prevent alveolar collapse:
• Without cartilage – bronchiolestend to collapse
• During inhalation, lung expansionopens bronchioles
• During exhalation, bronchiolescan (and do) collapse
Another mechanism exists to prevent alveolar collapse:
• As the chest wall and lung recoil, the pressures in the lung increase
• These increased pressures start tostart to force bronchioles closed
• By the end of exhalation, almost allbronchioles are collapsed
Another mechanism exists to prevent alveolar collapse:
This is called:Small Airway Collapse
This gives lung a special property
The pressure-volume curve is different during inspiration and expiration.
This is known as Hysteresis
There are a variety of factors that influence the pressure-flow curve and cause hysteresis.
There are TWO main factors:• Surfactant• Collapse of Airways
Thus, surfactant causes the inspiratory portion of the hysteresis loop.
And collapse of airways causes the expiratory portion of the hysteresis loop
Just as total muscle force is afunction of average sarcomere length
Alveolar Compliance and functionis a function of average alveolar volume
These same mechanisms lead preferentially to isovolumetric alveoli
So is alveolar ventilation even across different regions of the lung?
No.
Findings:• Decreased flow to the upper lung• Increased flow to the lower lung
How do we explain regional differences in air flow to the lung?
Thus, net differences in ventilation are based on differences in intrapleural pressure.
These differences lead to different TRANSMURAL pressures, which lead to different flow rates.
Atmospheric Air has mostly nitrogen
Air that has been sitting in the nose, mouth, or trachea has water vapor
Air that has been in the alveoli has water vapor, CO2, and less O2
One of the challenges is Mixing:One of the challenges is Mixing:
Thus – Alveolar Ventilation is affected by:
• Total Flow in and out• Anatomic Dead Space• Functional Dead Space• Gas Mixing
To understand it you can:
1) Think about the gas compositionat each level (mouth, trachea, etc)
2) Think about the gas content as it travels “down” its pressure gradient
Atmospheric Pressure is 760 mmHg(at sea level)
Atmospheric Fraction of Oxygen is 21%
When Air goes through our upper airways, it becomes humidified and heated.
The partial pressure of water risesto 47 mmHg
PIO2 = (760 mmHg - 47 mmHg) * FIO2
PIO2 = Inspired O2 Partial PressureFIO2 = Fraction of Inspired O2
PIO2 = 713 * 21% = 150 mmHg
PAO2 = PIO2 – Pressure lost by displacement
PAO2 = Alveolar O2 Partial PressureThe effect of mixing!
Fortunately – CO2 Production is relatedto O2 Consumption
The body uses oxygen to harness energy from reduced carbon.
Depending on the carbon source (sugar, fat, protein) there are differing amounts of carbon dioxide produced
The Respiratory Quotient, R, is the number of moles of CO2 produced per mole of O2 consumed.
For a person eating a regular diet, it is approximately 0.8• It increases with fat metabolism• It decreases with sugar metabolism
PAO2 = PIO2 - PACO2 / R
R = Respiratory Quotient
PAO2 = 150 - PACO2 / 0.8
(just before mixing, arterial CO2 equals alveolar CO2)
PAO2 = 150 - PaCO2 / 0.8
PAO2 = (760 mmHg - 47 mmHg) * FIO2 - PartCO2 / 0.8
In a similar fashion, we can watch Carbon Dioxide
Pulmonary Artery brings in CO2 CO2 rapidly equilibrates with
alveolar CO2
During exhale alveolar gas mixeswith dead space gas displacing CO2
By end exhale, dead space gas is goneand CO2 is equivalent to alveolar CO2
Capnogram =measurement of exhaled pCO2
Already we’re seeing one of thedifferences between these gases:
Carbon Dioxide Equilibrates Quickly Oxygen Equilibrates Slowly
When we start to look more closely at oxygen, we discover:
The alveolar pO2 is higher than the arterial pO2
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
InMouth
Atmosphere
Thus, the things that reduce oxygen:• Barometric Pressure• Initial Inspired Fraction of Oxygen• Humidification (before and after)• Alveolar Mixing
• Diffusion Limits• Mixing with Deoxygenated Blood• Extraction by Tissue
The things that reduce carbon dioxide:
• Rate of Production of carbon dioxide• Total Buffer of carbon dioxide• Diffusion (not very limited)
• Alveolar Mixing• Dead Space Mixing
How does gas get from air to blood and back again?
It must cross the membrane which divides the alveoli and the capillary.
Is Described by Fick’s Law
(yes, you’ve seen it before)
Flow is proportional to Cross sectional area, Diffusion constant, Pressure gradient, The inverse of the thickness of the membrane.
Thus, to maximize gas flow:
1) the lung increases cross sectional area by extensive branching
2) the lung makes the membrane as thin as possible
3) the blood has mechanisms to increase rates of uptake or removal of gas
Each Gas (O2 , CO2 , CO, NO2 , N2O, Halothane) diffuses at a different rate.
Blood flows by at a (relatively) constant rate.
Thus, the total flow can be limited by either blood flow or diffusion.
As a result, in general:
• Gases are PERFUSION LIMITED in health
• But can become DIFFUSION LIMITED in disease.
Gas flows down its pressure gradient.
In general, the reservoir of gas will not be depleted.• There will always be O2 in the air (atmospheric and
both inhaled (21%) and exhaled (18%))• There will always be CO2 in the blood (arterial at
about 40 mmHg, venous at about 45 mmHg)
Furthermore, these pressures are relatively unchanged between pre and post exchange
The ability to maximize flow is the ability to make the recipient reservoir as empty as possible.
As a result• Oxygenation is based on PERFUSION• Carbon dioxide excretion is based on
VENTILATION.
When we use mechanical ventilation, we can only control ventilation.
Thus, we can affect blood carbon dioxide with ease.
Nevertheless, no changing in breathing will affect oxygenation
The ways we effect oxygenation by breathing is:
Increase the inspired oxygen• To increase the alveolar oxygen• Which will increase the diffusion gradient• Which will increase the flow of oxygen
Fix the underlying problem (perfusion)
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