The Work of Breathing and Its Relation to Respiratory Acidosis

Editorial1 July 1954THE WORK OF BREATHING AND ITS RELATION TO RESPIRATORY ACIDOSISRICHARD L. RILEYRICHARD L. RILEYSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-41-1-172 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn a recent review onThe Work of Breathing, Dr. Arthur B. Otis introduces his subject by saying that it "is a topic which occupies one of the quieter spots in the field of physiology."1It is my purpose here to bring the work of breathing into one of the noisier spots in the field of clinical investigation because of its important relationship to the subject of respiratory acidosis. At the present time there is no general agreement as to why the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in the alveolar gas and arterial blood becomes elevated in respiratory acidosis and,...1 Otis AB: The work of breathing, Physiol. Rev. (in press). Google Scholar2 CournandRichardsBaderBaderFishman ADWMERAAP: Oxygen cost of breathing in normal and in chronic pulmonary and cardiac diseases, presented at the 67th annual meeting of The Association of American Physicians, May 4, 1954. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. 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