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Effect of parenteral medications on tcPO2/PaO2 ratios
The Journal of Pediatrics
|March 1, 1984
Abstract:
We studied the effect of parenteral infusions on transcutaneous arterial oxygen tension ratios in 31 newborn rabbits. Tolazoline and prostaglandin E1 produced a significant fall in skin PO2 values (P less than 0.01). Antibiotics, bicarbonate, diazepam, and dopamine infusions produced no change in PO2 ratios.