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Science 9 July 1965:
Vol. 149. no. 3680, pp. 193 - 194
DOI: 10.1126/science.149.3680.193
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Carboxyhemoglobin: Hemodynamic and Respiratory Responses to Small Concentrations

Stephen M. Ayres 1, Stanley Giannelli Jr. 1, and Ruth G. Armstrong 1

1 Departments of Medicine and Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center, and New York University School of Medicine, New York

Hemodynamic and respiratory measurements were made on humans before and after inhalation of sufficient carbon monoxide to raise the carboxyhemoglobin to between 5 and 10 percent of saturation. Arterial and mixed-venous oxygen tensions decreased on average 7.3 and 13.3 percent, respectively. One of five subjects devel oped evidence of mild left-ventricular dysfunction.


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