We have had two objectives in determining al- veolar and arterial oxygen tensions. It was hoped that they might be sensitive criteria for the normal- ity of pulmonary oxygen transfer in health and disease. Secondly, a study of these oxygen tension values together with other respiratory measure- ments might further elucidate the process by which pulmonary artery blood becomes oxygenated as it perfuses the lung.
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Filley et al. (1954) studied this question.
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