ISSN:
1573-8221
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
Notes:
Summary Experiments were performed on dogs in which silver nitrate solution was injected intravenously to induce acute pulmonary edema. Recordings were made of arterial and venous pressure, pressure in the left auricle and pulmonary artery, respiration, arterial blood oxygen saturation, and hematocrit ratio. Postmortem determinations were made of lung weight, ratio of body to heart weight, and ratio of dried to raw lung tissue. The pulmonary edema which developed was accompanied by acute circulatory disturbances; these were not the direct effect of the edema, nor did they result from the denaturing effect of silver nitrate on the blood, nor from left ventricular failure. It was thought that the circulatory disorders resulted from spasm of the pulmonary vessels.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00868907
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