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Temporary artificial obstruction of the nose and changes in gas exchange in the blood.
Author(s) -
Cvetnic Vladimir,
Cvetnic Sopija,
Grbac Ivan
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198106000-00021
Subject(s) - nose , medicine , surgery , ventilation (architecture) , anesthesia , meteorology , physics
A group of 31 subjects were subjected to complete artificial obstruction of the nose for a period of one hour. Their ages ranged from 14 to 16 years. Prior to the experiment the subjects were found to be healthy. During the nasal obstruction there was a fall in pO 2 and an increase in pCO 2 due to the hindered ventilation.