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Variability of PCO2 Breath-by-Breath in Normal Man

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Oxygen Transport to Tissue XXV

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Ventilation is finely adjusted in relation to the metabolic needs of the body, with alveolar (and arterial) gas pressures maintained steady at rest and in submaximal exercise. Constancy of the mean alveolar PCO2 has been known for at least 80 years.1

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  1. Applied Physiology, Sherrington School, Block 9, St Thomas’s Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7EH, UK

    Christopher B. Wolff

  2. The Academic Department of Sports Medicine, The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, London, El 1BB, UK

    Durumee Hong

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  1. University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester, UK

    Maureen Thorniley

  2. University Hospital of North Durham, Durham, UK

    David K. Harrison

  3. Wales Heart Research Institute, Cardiff, Wales, UK

    Philip E. James

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Wolff, C.B., Hong, D. (2003). Variability of PCO2 Breath-by-Breath in Normal Man. In: Thorniley, M., Harrison, D.K., James, P.E. (eds) Oxygen Transport to Tissue XXV. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 540. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6125-2_5

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