Abstract
Steady-state ventilatory responses to CO2 in trained awake baboons were studied to determine the response to a venous CO2 load. CO2 was loaded either directly into the venous blood through an arteriovenous shunt or by addition to the inhaled air. The two modes of loading were adjusted to produce the same increase in minute volume. Minute volume, tidal volume respiratory frequency, end-tidal PCO2, PaCO2, and pHa were measured. PaCO2 and PETCO2 increased the same amount during the two modes of CO2 loading; thus, the response to changes in arterial PCO2, deltaVE/deltaPaCO2, was the same. I conclude that the ventilatory response to venous CO2 loading occurs only through the change in mean arterial PCO2 and thus it is unlikely that there are any important venous CO2 receptors.
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