Lactate-pyruvate ratio in surgically produced chronic hypoxemia in dogs
- 1 January 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content
- Vol. 210 (1) , 69-72
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1966.210.1.69
Abstract
The arterial lactate-pyruvate ratios of dogs made chronically hypoxemic by inferior vena cava-to-left atrium shunt, breathing room air and oxygen, were similar to those of a group of normal controls. There was no correlation between the degree of hypoxemia and lactate-pyruvate ratio in a PaO2 range of 35-94 mm Hg. This study supports the original work of Huckabee, which suggests that tissue hypoxia is not present during basal conditions in animals or humans at arterial oxygen tensions of greater than approximately 32 mm Hg.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: