[Arterial blood-gases and acid-base balance in acute diseases of the lower respiratory tract in infancy (author's transl)]. 1981

S Seminara, and M Generoso, and E Bassetti, and P Becherucci

A group of 31 infants, aged 1 month to 13 months, recovered at the Pediatric Institute of the University of Florence for acute diseases of the lower respiratory tract, were analyzed for paCO2, paO2, pH and BE. Samples of arterial blood were obtained in the first, second, fourth and eighth day of recovery. Hypoxia occurred in all the infants and metabolic acidosis was found in almost every case. The paCO2 value resulted high in some of the babies, normal in others and below normal in the remaining. pH showed a lower value in patients affected with metabolic and respiratory acidosis. paCO2 returned to normal value on the eighth day in all the infants, while pH remained slightly below normal value, due to persisting metabolic acidosis. paO2 registered only a small increase during the stay, remaining on the eighth day still below normal level.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D008297 Male Males
D010100 Oxygen An element with atomic symbol O, atomic number 8, and atomic weight [15.99903; 15.99977]. It is the most abundant element on earth and essential for respiration. Dioxygen,Oxygen-16,Oxygen 16
D012129 Respiratory Function Tests Measurement of the various processes involved in the act of respiration: inspiration, expiration, oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange, lung volume and compliance, etc. Lung Function Tests,Pulmonary Function Tests,Function Test, Pulmonary,Function Tests, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Function Test,Test, Pulmonary Function,Tests, Pulmonary Function,Function Test, Lung,Function Test, Respiratory,Function Tests, Lung,Function Tests, Respiratory,Lung Function Test,Respiratory Function Test,Test, Lung Function,Test, Respiratory Function,Tests, Lung Function,Tests, Respiratory Function
D012140 Respiratory Tract Diseases Diseases involving the RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. Respiratory Diseases,Respiratory System Diseases,Disease, Respiratory System,Disease, Respiratory Tract,Respiratory System Disease,Respiratory Tract Disease
D001990 Bronchiolitis, Viral An acute inflammatory disease of the lower RESPIRATORY TRACT, caused by paramyxoviruses, occurring primarily in infants and young children; the viruses most commonly implicated are PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS TYPE 3; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; and METAPNEUMOVIRUS. Bronchiolitides, Viral,Viral Bronchiolitides,Viral Bronchiolitis
D002245 Carbon Dioxide A colorless, odorless gas that can be formed by the body and is necessary for the respiration cycle of plants and animals. Carbonic Anhydride,Anhydride, Carbonic,Dioxide, Carbon
D004417 Dyspnea Difficult or labored breathing. Orthopnea,Platypnea,Recumbent Dyspnea,Rest Dyspnea,Trepopnea,Breathlessness,Shortness of Breath,Breath Shortness,Dyspnea, Recumbent,Dyspnea, Rest,Dyspneas, Rest
D005260 Female Females

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