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Interpretation of arterial carbon dioxide tension in laryngotracheobronchitis


A.G. Wesley

Abstract

The arterial carbon dioxide tension (PaCO2) of 57 patients with laryngotracheobronchitis was matched to the degree of obstruction as assessed by clinical methods. A constant relationship between PaCO2 and the degree of obstruction was observed, The greatest obstruction was accompanied by the highest PaCO2PaCO2

S. Afr. Med. J., 48, 1152 (1974).

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