title: Development of an indirect calorimeter for use in infants and young children.
abstract: A low cost, 'open-circuit', flow-through system, using a closely fitted facemask has been developed for the determination of oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production in spontaneously breathing infants and children.
authors.affiliation: North Western Medical Physics Department, Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McGuinness
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Childs
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000503:physiopathology; D002151:Calorimetry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D012016:Reference Values; D012119:Respiration
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide