The diagnostic importance of the blood carbon dioxide content of patients with central cyanosis

1. 1. The arterial blood carbon dioxide contents were measured in fifty-five patients with central cyanosis. Sixteen had congenital heart disease and two of these had also congestive heart failure; twenty-three had chronic bronchitis and emphysema; and sixteen had congestive heart failure complicati...

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Published inThe American heart journal Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 77 - 81
Main Authors Platts, Margaret M., Whitaker, William
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Mosby, Inc 01.07.1954
Subjects
Blood
Carbon Dioxide - blood
Cyanosis
Heart Diseases
Humans
Hypoxia
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CARBON DIOXIDE/in blood
CYANOSIS
BLOOD
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Summary:1. 1. The arterial blood carbon dioxide contents were measured in fifty-five patients with central cyanosis. Sixteen had congenital heart disease and two of these had also congestive heart failure; twenty-three had chronic bronchitis and emphysema; and sixteen had congestive heart failure complicating chronic bronchitis and emphysema. 2. 2. The arterial blood carbon dioxide content was below normal in the majority of patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease, normal or raised in the majority of patients cyanosed from chronic bronchitis and emphysema, and invariably raised in patients with congestive heart failure complicating chronic bronchitis and emphysema. 3. 3. The blood carbon dioxide content appears to be of diagnostic importance in patients with central cyanosis.
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ISSN:0002-8703
1097-6744
DOI:10.1016/0002-8703(54)90274-4