In biology and medicine above all the partial pressures of oxygen and carbon dioxide are of importance. Here, the term partial pressure is also used for the concentration of gases dissolved in liquids, e.g. in blood or water. Thereby the partial pressure of a gas dissolved in a liquid is the partial pressure of that gas which would be generated in a gas phase in equilibrium with the liquid at t...

Abbreviations: CO2, Carbon dioxide; PaCO2, Arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide; PtcCO2, Transcutaneous partial pressure of carbon dioxide; PetCO2, End-tidal partial pressure of carbon dioxide; NETS, Newborn Emergency Transport Service (Victoria); NICU, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; PaO2/PAO2 ratio, alveolar-arterial ratio. ADC-FNN Online First, published on April 29, 2005 as 10.1136/adc...