Ventilatory response to carbon dioxide in tetanus.
1. Ventilatory response to carbon dioxide was measured by the rebreathing technique in seven patients with mild tetanus during the disease state and after clinical recovery. 2. The ventilatory response to carbon dioxide was found to be decreased in the tetanus patients during the disease state with normal response after full clinical recovery. It is postulated that the restrictive ventilatory defect was responsible for the decreased ventilatory response to carbon dioxide.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001769:Blood; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010313:Partial Pressure; D012119:Respiration; D013742:Tetanus / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*
D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen