Baroreflex sensitivity is blunted in hypoxia independently of changes in inspired carbon dioxide pressure in prematurely born male adults

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Premature birth may result in specific cardiovascular responses to hypoxia and hypercapnia, that might hamper high-altitude acclimatization. This study investigated the consequences of premature birth on baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) under hypoxic, hypobaric and hypercapnic conditions. Seventeen preterm born males (gestational age, 29 ± 1 weeks), and 17 age-matched term born adults (40 ± 0 weeks) underwent consecutive 6-min stages breathing different oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations at both sea-level and high-altitude (3375 m). Continuous blood pressure and ventilatory parameters were recorded in normobaric normoxia (NNx), normobaric normoxic hypercapnia (NNx + CO2 ), hypobaric hypoxia (HHx), hypobaric normoxia (HNx), hypobaric normoxia hypercapnia (HNx + CO2 ), and hypobaric hypoxia with end-tidal CO2 clamped at NNx value (HHx + clamp). BRS was assessed using the sequence method. Across all conditions, BRS was lower in term born compared to preterm (13.0 ± 7.5 vs. 21.2 ± 8.8 ms⋅mmHg-1 , main group effect: p < 0.01) participants. BRS was lower in HHx compared to NNx in term born (10.5 ± 4.9 vs. 16.0 ± 6.0 ms⋅mmHg-1 , p = 0.05), but not in preterm (27.3 ± 15.7 vs. 17.6 ± 8.3 ms⋅mmHg-1 , p = 0.43) participants, leading to a lower BRS in HHx in term born compared to preterm (p < 0.01). In conclusion, this study reports a blunted response of BRS during acute high-altitude exposure without any influence of changes in inspired CO2 in healthy prematurely born adults.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Physiological reports - 12(2024), 1 vom: 17. Jan., Seite e15857

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Manferdelli, Giorgio [VerfasserIn]
Narang, Benjamin J [VerfasserIn]
Bourdillon, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Debevec, Tadej [VerfasserIn]
Millet, Grégoire P [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

142M471B3J
Altitude
Baroreflex
Carbon Dioxide
Hypercapnia
Hypobaria
Journal Article
Oxygen
Preterm
S88TT14065

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Date Completed 05.01.2024

Date Revised 17.01.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.14814/phy2.15857

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NLM366627031