Minute Ventilation (or Breathing Rates) in Diabetes

*One row corresponds to one research paper or medical science article

Condition	Minute ventilation	Number of patients	Prevalence of CHV	References (see below) or click names for abstracts
Normal breathing	6 L per min	-	0 %	Medical textbooks
Diabetes	12-17 L per min	26	100%	Bottini et al, 2003
Diabetes	10-20 L per min	28	100%	Tantucci et al, 1997
Diabetes	13 (±2) L per min	20	100%	Tantucci et al, 1996
Diabetes	15 (±2) L per min	45	100%	Tantucci et al, 2001
Diabetes	12 (±2) L per min	8	100%	Mancini et al, 1999

Ineffective respiratory pattern or heavy breathing in diabetes causes hypocapnia (CO2 deficiency in the arterial blood and cells). Hypocapnia reduces body and cell oxygenation, decreases insulin production (due to insufficient perfusion and oxygen tension in pancreas), reduces insulin efficiency, increases heart rate or pulse rate, and disrupts many other CO2-related regulatory mechanisms and biochemical reactions. Furthermore, those patients who have more severe forms of hyperventilation will experience more problems due to complications in diabetes. Normalization of breathing 24/7 results in clinical remission and no symptoms of diabetes, as clinical experience of Russian Buteyko method MDs revealed. More information will be available on Diseases-Diabetes web page (under construction).

References for the Table

Bottini et al, 2003

Bottini P, Dottorini ML, M. Cordoni MC, Casucci G, Tantucci C, Sleep-disordered breathing in nonobese diabetic subjects with autonomic neuropathy, Eur Respir J 2003; 22: p. 654–660.

Dept of Internal Medicine and Endocrine-Metabolic Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Tantucci et al, 2001

Tantucci C, Bottini P, Fiorani C, Dottorini ML, Santeusanio F, Provinciali L, Sorbini CA, Casucci G, Cerebrovascular reactivity and hypercapnic respiratory drive in diabetic autonomic neuropathy, J Appl Physiol 2001, 90: p. 889–896.

Clinica di 1Semeiotica e Metodologia Medica and Neurologia e Neuroriabilitazione, University of Ancona, and Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Scienze Endocrino-Metaboliche, University of Perugia, Italy.

Mancini et al, 1999

Mancini M, Filippelli M, Seghieri G, Iandelli I, Innocenti F, Duranti R, Scano G, Respiratory Muscle Function and Hypoxic Ventilatory Control in Patients With Type I Diabetes, Chest 1999; 115; p.1553-1562.

Tantucci et al, 1997

Tantucci C, Scionti L, Bottini P, Dottorini ML, Puxeddu E, Casucci G, Sorbini CA, Influence of autonomic neuropathy of different severities on the hypercapnic drive to breathing in diabetic patients, Chest. 1997 Jul; 112(1): p. 145-153.

Clinica di Semeiotica e Metodologia Medica, University of Ancona, Italy.

Tantucci et al, 1996

Tantucci C, Bottini P, Dottorini ML, Puxeddu E, Casucci G, Scionti L, Sorbini CA, Ventilatory response to exercise in diabetic subjects with autonomic neuropathy, J Appl Physiol 1996, 81(5): p.1978–1986.

Clinica di Semeiotica Metodologia Medica, University of Ancona, Ospedale Regionale Torrette, Ancona 60020; and Istituto di Medicina Interna e Scienze Endocrine e Metaboliche, University of Perugia, Perugia 06100, Italy.

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