Polarographic determination of oxygen tension of whole blood.

Oxygen Dissociation of Whole Blood Studied Polarographically

The polarographic current of whole blood is in excess of that given by plasma at the same oxygen tension. The magnitude of this difference depends on (a) the oxygen content of the sample and thus is determined by the red blood cell content and by the state of oxygen saturation of hemoglobin, and (b) on the rate of dissociation of oxyhemoglobin and therefore is influenced by changes in pH, pCO(2...

Polarographic Oxygen Electrode

A method has been developed for the continuous monitoring of oxygen tension in solutions and gases. The oxygen is reduced at a platinum surface which is covered with a plastic membrane. The silver-silver oxide reference electrode is also included under the membrane. Drift is less than 10 per cent for a period of days, and temperature compcnsation is possible. A number of uses to which it has be...

Oxygen Tension of Tissues by the Polaro - graphic Method

Normal inclividuals breathing pure oxygen obtain full saturation of their hemoglobin, whereas those with right to left shunts do not. Oxygen hemoglobin dissociation curves indicate that increases to full oxygen saturation of hemoglobin are accompanied by marked increases of the oxygen tension. WVhen breathing oxygen fails to produce full saturation, relatively little change in oxygen tension oc...

Oxygen tension of tissues by the polarographic method. IV. Skin oxygen tension vs. arterial oxygen saturation; relationship to oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve.

The effect of lipemia upon tissue oxygen tension in man.

SUBSEQUENT to the observation that the intravenous infusion of fat emulsion caused a decrease in the nmyocardial oxygentension of dogs having anl experimentally produced nmyocardial infaretion, it was shown that the hyperlipemia following a large fat meal may precipitate an attack of angina pectoris in patients with severe coronary artery disease.1-3 These attacks of angina developed about 5 ho...