A THEORETICAL STUDY OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE ALVEOLAR AIR AT ALTITUDE

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ArticleA THEORETICAL STUDY OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE ALVEOLAR AIR AT ALTITUDEWallace O. Fenn, Hermann Rahn, and Arthur B. OtisWallace O. FennFrom the Department of Physiology, The School of Medicine and Dentistry of the University of Rochester, Rochester, N. Y., Hermann RahnFrom the Department of Physiology, The School of Medicine and Dentistry of the University of Rochester, Rochester, N. Y., and Arthur B. OtisFrom the Department of Physiology, The School of Medicine and Dentistry of the University of Rochester, Rochester, N. Y.Published Online:01 Aug 1946https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1946.146.5.637MoreSectionsPDF (2 MB)Download PDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesGet permissionsTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInWeChat Back to Top Next Download PDF FiguresReferencesRelatedInformation Cited ByTeaching an intuitive derivation of the clinical alveolar equations: mass balance as a fundamental physiological principleMichael C. Wang, Thomas C. Corbridge, Donald R. McCrimmon, and James M. Walter28 February 2020 | Advances in Physiology Education, Vol. 44, No. 2Determinants of Exercise Ventilatory Inefficiency in Heart Failure With Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction: Application of Classical and Emerging Integrative Physiology ConceptsCombined effects of inspired oxygen, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide on oxygen transport and aerobic capacityGeorge H. Crocker, Balazs Toth, and James H. Jones1 September 2013 | Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol. 115, No. 5Recognition of American Physiological Society members whose research publications had a significant impact on the discipline of physiologyCharles M. Tipton1 March 2013 | Advances in Physiology Education, Vol. 37, No. 1The physiological legacy of the Fenn, Rahn, and Otis schoolJohn B. West15 November 2012 | American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Vol. 303, No. 10Comments on Point:Counterpoint: Hypobaric hypoxia induces/does not induce different responses from normobaric hypoxia15 May 2012 | Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol. 112, No. 10O2-CO2 diagram as a tool for comprehension of blood gas abnormalitiesSathya Subramani, Praghalathan Kanthakumar, Delinda Maneksh, Anita Sidharthan, Shoma V. Rao, Vinodh Parasuraman, and Elizabeth Tharion1 September 2011 | Advances in Physiology Education, Vol. 35, No. 3A classic learning opportunity from Fenn, Rahn, and Otis (1946): the alveolar gas equationDouglas Curran-Everett1 June 2006 | Advances in Physiology Education, Vol. 30, No. 2The physiological challenges of the 1952 Copenhagen poliomyelitis epidemic and a renaissance in clinical respiratory physiologyJohn B. West1 August 2005 | Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol. 99, No. 2Understanding pulmonary gas exchange: ventilation-perfusion relationshipsJohn B. West1 December 2004 | American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Vol. 287, No. 6Understanding pulmonary gas exchange: ventilation-perfusion relationshipsJohn B. West1 November 2004 | Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol. 97, No. 5Imaging obstructed ventilation with NMR using inert fluorinated gasesDean O. Kuethe, Arvind Caprihan, H. Michael Gach, Irving J. Lowe, and Eiichi Fukushima1 June 2000 | Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol. 88, No. 6Pulmonary gas-exchange analysis by using simultaneous deposition of aerosolized and injected microspheresWilliam A. Altemeier, H. Thomas Robertson, and Robb W. Glenny1 December 1998 | Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol. 85, No. 6 More from this issue > Volume 146Issue 5August 1946Pages 637-653 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1946 by American Physiological Societyhttps://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1946.146.5.637PubMed20996488History Received 7 March 1946 Published online 1 August 1946 Published in print 1 August 1946 Metrics