The cerebrovascular effects of carbon dioxide in ventilator-dependent preterm infants
Changes in arterial carbon dioxide tension (PaCO2) have a major influence on cerebral blood flow (CBF). The following work firstly reviews the role of PaCO2 and other factors which regulate CBF. Secondly a study was undertaken to assess whether changes in CBF following a 1 kPa rise in PaCO2 predicte...
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University of Leicester
1993
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.674270 |