RESPIRATORY failure is usually complicated by a rising blood carbon dioxide tension (pCO 2) and, as a consequence, carbonic acid and hydrogen ion concentration increase in the body fluids. Acutely, ...

Why does the level of carbon dioxide decrease when a child becomes dehydrated? — CARLA HIGBEE, FNP-C, Long Beach, Calif. Dehydration can have many causes. The most common cause in infants and ...

A study finds that micrometeorites from 2.7 billion years ago, likely oxidized by CO2 in the atmosphere, may constrain the CO2 concentration in the Neoarchaean as being between 25-50% of the ...

Murali C. Krishna, Sean English, Kenichi Yamada, John Yoo, Ramachandran Murugesan, Nallathamby Devasahayam, John A. Cook, Klaes Golman, Jan Henrik Ardenkjaer-Larsen, Sankaran Subramanian, James B.

Background: The decisition to treat systemic hypotension in LBWI is based on the belief of keeping adecuate organ perfusion. However, the impact of vasopressor treatment on cerebral tissue perfusion ...

Bryan J. King, Stephen Hunt, Glenn E. Weagle, Kerry B. Walsh, Roy H. Pottier, David T. Canvin and David B. Layzell A fiber optic spectrophotometric system was used to monitor the in vivo oxygenation ...