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OXYGEN THERAPY IN PREMATURE BABIES WITH ANOXEMIA

OXYGEN THERAPY IN PREMATURE BABIES WITH ANOXEMIA By anoxemia is meant a condition in which the oxygen pressure in the systemic capillaries is abnormally diminished.1 It is seen most frequently when the hemoglobin of the blood is less saturated with oxygen than normally. The difference between the amount of oxygen which the hemoglobin is capable of carrying (oxygen capacity) and the amount which it actually carries (oxygen content) is known as the oxygen unsaturation of the blood. In normal adults Lundsgaard2 found that the unsaturation of the venous blood varies from 2.7 to 9.0 c.c. of oxygen for each hundred cubic centimeters of blood, averaging 5.8 c.c. Our results with blood obtained from the longitudinal sinus of well infants (Table 1) are practically the same as those of Lundsgaard on blood from the median basilic vein of adults. The oxygen unsaturation varied from 5.1 to 8.3 c.c., averaging 6.7 c.c. Blood from a scalp vein http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American journal of diseases of children American Medical Association

OXYGEN THERAPY IN PREMATURE BABIES WITH ANOXEMIA

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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1923 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
0096-8994
eISSN
1538-3628
DOI
10.1001/archpedi.1923.01920020074007
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Abstract

By anoxemia is meant a condition in which the oxygen pressure in the systemic capillaries is abnormally diminished.1 It is seen most frequently when the hemoglobin of the blood is less saturated with oxygen than normally. The difference between the amount of oxygen which the hemoglobin is capable of carrying (oxygen capacity) and the amount which it actually carries (oxygen content) is known as the oxygen unsaturation of the blood. In normal adults Lundsgaard2 found that the unsaturation of the venous blood varies from 2.7 to 9.0 c.c. of oxygen for each hundred cubic centimeters of blood, averaging 5.8 c.c. Our results with blood obtained from the longitudinal sinus of well infants (Table 1) are practically the same as those of Lundsgaard on blood from the median basilic vein of adults. The oxygen unsaturation varied from 5.1 to 8.3 c.c., averaging 6.7 c.c. Blood from a scalp vein

Journal

American journal of diseases of childrenAmerican Medical Association

Published: Feb 1, 1923

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