Ventilatory response to an inhaled constant CO2 load and added dead space in healthy men, awake and asleep.

Experiments were conducted in ten adult men to determine if rapid-eye-movement sleep (REMS) reduced the ventilatory response to two 'steady-state' respiratory loads compared to slow wave sleep (SWS). A constant addition of 150 (or 200) ml/min pure CO2 to the inspirate (7 subjects) and 230...

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Main Authors: Warley, A, Clarke, M, Phillips, T, Stradling, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1989