The increased ventilatory response to exercise in pregnancy reflects alterations in the respiratory control systems ventilatory recruitment threshold for CO2

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-82

  Jensen, Dennis ^a   Webb, Katherine A ^a   O'donnell, Denis E ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid base; Chemoreflex; Exercise; Pregnancy; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BREATHING PATTERN; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEROXIA; HYPERPNEA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PUERPERIUM; REBREATHING; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VENOUS BLOOD; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG VENTILATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REFLEX; TIME;

ADULT; CARBON DIOXIDE; ESTRADIOL; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OXYGEN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROGESTERONE; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; REFLEX; REST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950916968     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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