Extract: This report presents the difference (Δ [H +)], and ratio (Δ p H), of the hydrogen ion activity between the inside and outside of the red cell for THAM-buffered and NaHCO 3-buffered ACD blood ...

ARTERIAL oxygenation during apnea may now be studied with greater accuracy. The recent development of the polarograph 1–3 has made it possible to obtain direct arterial-oxygen-tension determinations ...

Extract: Intrauterine exchange transfusions were conducted in fetal sheep using adult sheep as donors. Indwelling catheters in the fetus permitted sampling of blood for 8 to 36 days following the ...

PATIENTS hospitalized with advanced obstructive emphysema are often nervous, anxious and tense, perhaps to a greater degree than the average hospital patient. Because of dyspnea and cough they tend to ...