Arterial Blood Gas Measurements in the Management of Patients with Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema

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It is well known that a proportion of patients with severe emphysema develop anoxia and chronic respiratory acidosis (Taquini, Fasciolo, Suarez, and Chiodi, 1947, 1948; West, Baldwin, Cournand, and Richards, 1951; Cohn, Carroll, and Riley, 1954).We have made a particular study of the value of estimating the carbon dioxide tension and oxygen saturation of the arterial blood in the diagnosis, prognosis, and management of patients with chronic lung disease.This paper presents the results of observations made on such patients over a period of five years.