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    Improvement of Pulmonary Gas Exchange After Surfactant Replacement in Rats with Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia

    Infectious diseases are of great concern in intensive care health service in immunocompromized patients; especially infectious diseases of the lung. In these patients pneumocystis carinii is a major cause of p...

    E. P. Eijking, G. J. van Daal, R. Tenbrinck in Oxygen Transport to Tissue XIII (1992)

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    Effect of Artificial Ventilation on Pulmonary Antioxidant Enzyme Activities in a Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Rat Model

    Treatment of infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) develo** respiratory insufficiency within a few hours after birth remains unsatisfactory. The incidence of CDH is about 1:3000 newborns (Hazebr...

    R. Tenbrinck, W. Sluiter, F. Silveri, A. P. Bos in Oxygen Transport to Tissue XIV (1992)

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    Comparative Study of the Accuracy of Two Fiberoptic Mixed Venous Saturation Catheters (Spectracath® vs Opticath®) during Acute Changes in Hematocrit and Cardiac Output in Humans

    The mixed venous oxygen saturation of hemoglobin (SvO2) reflects, under many circumstances, the state of tissue oxygenation. Changes in cardiac output (CO), arterial oxygen content, and oxygen uptake by the tissu...

    E. C. S. M. van Woerkens, A. Trouwborst, L. Snel in Oxygen Transport to Tissue XIV (1992)

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    Hemodilution and Oxygen Transport

    Several risks are associated with transfusion of homologous blood and blood products. The risk of alloimmunisation is well known. Transmission of viral infections from homologous blood transfusion (e.g. hepati...

    A. Trouwborst, E. C. S. M. van Woerkens, R. Tenbrinck in Oxygen Transport to Tissue XIV (1992)