TY - JOUR AU - MCCULLOCH, HUGH AB - President EDWARD A. PARKS, M.D., HUGH MCCULLOCH, M.D., Secretary Annual 1942 Fifty-Fourth Meeting, Skytop, Pa., April 30\p=n-\May 2, (Concluded from page 201) Fourth Session Friday Evening, May 1 Some of Acidosis. Dr. Harold L. Boston. Physiologic Aspects Higgins, and clinical data indicate definite cerebral control over Chemical, physiologic a the acid-base blood. relative equilibrium of the The acidosis of anoxemia (second is cerebral in acidosis associated with wind, high altitudes, pneumonia) The type. diabetes encephalitis, toxemia, cerebral trauma and has a definite cerebral com- cerebral which ponent. Caffeine, a stimulant, leads to in acidosis, premature infants fatal. cause may prove a tends to alkalosis. Morphine, depressant, drawn An be between the heat center of the brain for analogy may controlling the and an acid-base center for the reaction of the body temperature controlling blood. In both instances one finds diurnal variations and effects from physiologic, and factors. The acid-base center will call on means pharmacologic pathologic of of elimination or of neutralization of acid or alkali in amounts needed production, to reach a determined level and in on conditions newly ways depending present in the or of the blood is of body. Dehydration hydration one effecting a way in TI - AMERICAN PEDIATRIC SOCIETY JO - American journal of diseases of children DO - 10.1001/archpedi.1942.02010080179016 DA - 1942-08-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-medical-association/american-pediatric-society-SoV6uWe1ds SP - 385 EP - 399 VL - 64 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -