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    Space Med Med Eng (Beijing). 2002 Feb;15(1):36-9.

    [Cardiovascular responses to G-suits with 3 levels of positive pressure breathing using different chest counter pressures]

    [Article in Chinese]

    Han XP, Jia YL, Yan RQ, Chen J, Fu LS.

    Institute of Aviation Medicine, Air Force, Beijing, China. hanxueping6006@soho.com.cn

    Objective: To observe cardiovascular responses to positive pressure breathing (PPB) using different counter pressures. Method: Cardiovascular responses of 7 male healthy subjects (aged 18-20 years) wearing two kinds of Jerkin-G-suit were observed under three levels of ground-level PPB (30, 50, 70 mmHg) for 3 min. Result: All subjects completed the experiment successfully. While during PPB at 50, 70 mmHg levels within 3 min, HR, MAP, TPR elevated significantly, while SV declined significantly. At all 3 PPB levels Q-Z time was not significantly changed. There were significant difference (P<0.05) between delta SV and delta TPR with the two Jerkin-G-suits under PPB of 70 mmHg. Conclusion: PPB resulted in elevation of MAP, TPR, HR and decline of SV significantly using two kinds of Jerkin-G-suit. PPB had no effect on contractile function of cardiac muscle. Under PPB, SV increased significantly when chest counter pressure was equal to the mask pressure.

    PMID: 11965682 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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