Influence of Acute Pain Induced by Activation of Cutaneous Nociceptors on Ventilatory Control

Abstract

These data indicate that acute cutaneous pain of moderate intensity interacted with the ventilatory control system without modifying the central and peripheral chemoreflex loop and the central modulation of the hypoxia-related output of the peripheral chemoreflex loop. Pain causes a chemoreflex-independent tonic ventilatory drive.