1. Explain when hypercarbia interferes with metabolism. 2. Discuss why oximetry is not a sensitive indicator of respiratory failure in patients who are receiving supplemental oxygen. 3. List the indicators of chronic respiratory failure. 4. Describe the usual findings on blood gas analysis in patients who have chronic respiratory failure. 5. Identify which patients should be monitored regularly...

Day respiration of illuminated C(3) leaves is not well understood and particularly, the metabolic origin of the day respiratory CO(2) production is poorly known. This issue was addressed in leaves of French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) using (12)C/(13)C stable isotope techniques on illuminated leaves fed with (13)C-enriched glucose or pyruvate. The (13)CO(2) production in light was measured using ...

Somiie of the measturemiienits (descrile(l l)elow were first made nmanly years ago (21; see 26, 27. 28) as part of an investigationi of the occturrence of the Pasteur effect in plant organis. Mlore recenitly, with the de\veIoIlloent of initerest in factors conitrollinig resp)iratory mietabolismn, our attenitionl was re(lirected to 2 of the plant imiaterials originally sttudie(l. namely rhodlode...

Regenerating liver is commonly used as a source of rapidly growing tissue, since the maximum rate of growth of this tissue exceeds that of most tu mors (1, 11). Generally, it has been considered that, in the case of regenerating liver, rapid tissue growth occurs at the expense of unchanged oxygen consumption or glycolysis and that the over-all metabolic patterns of resting adult and regenerat i...