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PAUL K. BOYER, M.D., Sc.D.; CAMERON V. BAILEY, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1942;69(5):773-788.

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The concentration of carbon dioxide in the expired air is determined routinely during the estimation of basal metabolism by the open circuit method. This concentration is dependent on the relation of the volume of respired air to the rate of production or elimination of carbon dioxide. The physiologic relation between respiration and the production of carbon dioxide has been summarized by Henderson¹:

The control of breathing... involves many factors: oxygen, carbon dioxide, blood alkali and H ions, and particularly the sensitivity of the respiratory center under a wide range of conditions and influences. For conditions of health the accepted teaching is that of Haldane and his collaborators. It can be summarized in the statement that a normal man... breathes... volumes of air that are closely proportional to the amounts of carbon dioxide that are produced in his tissues. When he sits still, the amount of energy liberated in his . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
SUMMIT, N. J.; NEW YORK

Frank Melville Fellow in Cardiology.

From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, and the Respiration Laboratory, New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, Columbia University.

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