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Erschienen in: European Journal of Applied Physiology 6/2020

08.04.2020 | Original Article

Cardio-respiratory, oxidative stress and acute mountain sickness responses to normobaric and hypobaric hypoxia in prematurely born adults

verfasst von: Tadej Debevec, Vincent Pialoux, Mathias Poussel, Sarah J. Willis, Agnès Martin, Damjan Osredkar, Grégoire P. Millet

Erschienen in: European Journal of Applied Physiology | Ausgabe 6/2020

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Abstract

Purpose

We compared the effects of hypobaric and normobaric hypoxia on select cardio-respiratory responses, oxidative stress and acute mountain sickness (AMS) severity in prematurely born individuals, known to exhibit blunted hypoxic ventilatory response.

Methods

Sixteen prematurely born but otherwise healthy males underwent two 8-h hypoxic exposures under: (1) hypobaric hypoxic [HH; terrestrial altitude 3840 m; PiO2:90.2 (0.5) mmHg; BP: 478 (2) mmHg] and (2) normobaric hypoxic [NH; PiO2:90.6 (0.9) mmHg; FiO2:0.142 (0.001)] condition. Resting values of capillary oxyhemoglobin saturation (SpO2), heart rate (HR) and blood pressure were measured before and every 2 h during the exposures. Ventilatory responses and middle cerebral artery blood flow velocity (MCAv) were assessed at rest and during submaximal cycling before and at 4 and 8 h. Plasmatic levels of selected oxidative stress and antioxidant markers and AMS symptoms were also determined at these time points.

Results

HH resulted in significantly lower resting (P = 0.010) and exercise (P = 0.004) SpO2 as compared to NH with no significant differences in the ventilatory parameters, HR or blood pressure. No significant differences between conditions were found in resting or exercising MCAv and measured oxidative stress markers. Significantly lower values of ferric-reducing antioxidant power (P = 0.037) were observed during HH as opposed to NH. AMS severity was higher at 8 h compared to baseline (P = 0.002) with no significant differences between conditions.

Conclusion

These data suggest that, in prematurely born adults, 8-h exposure to hypobaric, as opposed to normobaric hypoxia, provokes greater reductions in systemic oxygenation and antioxidant capacity. Further studies investigating prolonged hypobaric exposures in this population are warranted.

Registration

NCT02780908 (ClinicalTrials.gov).
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Metadaten
Titel
Cardio-respiratory, oxidative stress and acute mountain sickness responses to normobaric and hypobaric hypoxia in prematurely born adults
verfasst von
Tadej Debevec
Vincent Pialoux
Mathias Poussel
Sarah J. Willis
Agnès Martin
Damjan Osredkar
Grégoire P. Millet
Publikationsdatum
08.04.2020
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
European Journal of Applied Physiology / Ausgabe 6/2020
Print ISSN: 1439-6319
Elektronische ISSN: 1439-6327
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-020-04366-w

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