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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI102868

The Respiratory Dead Space Measured by Single Breath Analysis of Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen or Helium

J. Bartels, J. W. Severinghaus, R. E. Forster, W. A. Briscoe, and D. V. Bates

Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

2

Medical Research Fellow of the National Tuberculosis Association.

1

This work was supported in part by the National Heart Institute, United States Public Health Service, Grant H-406(C3).

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Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

2

Medical Research Fellow of the National Tuberculosis Association.

1

This work was supported in part by the National Heart Institute, United States Public Health Service, Grant H-406(C3).

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Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

2

Medical Research Fellow of the National Tuberculosis Association.

1

This work was supported in part by the National Heart Institute, United States Public Health Service, Grant H-406(C3).

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Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

2

Medical Research Fellow of the National Tuberculosis Association.

1

This work was supported in part by the National Heart Institute, United States Public Health Service, Grant H-406(C3).

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Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

2

Medical Research Fellow of the National Tuberculosis Association.

1

This work was supported in part by the National Heart Institute, United States Public Health Service, Grant H-406(C3).

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Published January 1, 1954 - More info

Published in Volume 33, Issue 1 on January 1, 1954
J Clin Invest. 1954;33(1):41–48. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI102868.
© 1954 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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