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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI101261

STUDIES ON INTRAPULMONARY MIXTURE OF GASES. IV. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PULMONARY EMPTYING RATE AND A SIMPLIFIED OPEN CIRCUIT MEASUREMENT OF RESIDUAL AIR

Andre Cournand, Eleanor DeF. Baldwin, Robert C. Darling, and Dickinson W. Richards Jr.

Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City

Research Service, First Division, Welfare Hospital, New York City

Department of Hospitals, New York City

Tuberculosis Service, Bellevue Hospital, New York City

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Working under a grant from the Commonwealth Fund.

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Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City

Research Service, First Division, Welfare Hospital, New York City

Department of Hospitals, New York City

Tuberculosis Service, Bellevue Hospital, New York City

1

Working under a grant from the Commonwealth Fund.

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Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City

Research Service, First Division, Welfare Hospital, New York City

Department of Hospitals, New York City

Tuberculosis Service, Bellevue Hospital, New York City

1

Working under a grant from the Commonwealth Fund.

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Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City

Research Service, First Division, Welfare Hospital, New York City

Department of Hospitals, New York City

Tuberculosis Service, Bellevue Hospital, New York City

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Working under a grant from the Commonwealth Fund.

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Published November 1, 1941 - More info

Published in Volume 20, Issue 6 on November 1, 1941
J Clin Invest. 1941;20(6):681–689. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI101261.
© 1941 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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