Coronary and cerebral metabolism-blood flow coupling and pulmonary alveolar ventilation-blood flow coupling may be disabled during acute carbon monoxide poisoning
Author(s) -
Ronald F. Coburn
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of applied physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.253
H-Index - 229
eISSN - 8750-7587
pISSN - 1522-1601
DOI - 10.1152/japplphysiol.00172.2020
Subject(s) - blood flow , respiration , carbon monoxide , cerebral blood flow , hypoxia (environmental) , ventilation (architecture) , carbon monoxide poisoning , lung , hypercapnia , cardiology , anesthesia , respiratory system , medicine , chemistry , oxygen , poison control , anatomy , biochemistry , emergency medicine , mechanical engineering , organic chemistry , engineering , catalysis
This article introduces and supports a postulate that the tissue hypoxia component of carbon monoxide poisoning results in part from impairment of physiological adaptation mechanisms whereby tissues can match regional blood flow to O 2 uptake, and the lung can match regional blood flow to alveolar ventilation.
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