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II. CONSIDERATION OF THE LOW ALKALINE RESERVE OF NORMAL NEW-BORN INFANTS

ELEANOR MARPLES, B.A.; VERNON W. LIPPARD, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1932;44(1):31-39.

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The acid-base equilibrium of new-born infants has proved a fertile field for research. Interesting differences exist between the new-born infant and the adult. In the first paper of this series, Hoag and Kiser¹ showed that the serum of the new-born infant has a lower carbon dioxide content and a higher chloride content than that of the normal adult. Other authors have reported similar decreases in the carbon dioxide content of the serum. Kane and Kreiselman² found an average value of 47.7 per cent by volume for the carbon dioxide content in the cord blood of forty-seven infants. Leenhard and Chaptal³ demonstrated that there is a decrease in the bicarbonate of the blood of young infants. Halfer⁴ found a latent acidosis in the new-born infant as manifested by a decrease in the carbon dioxide content of the blood, which usually persisted during the first two weeks of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the Department of Pediatrics, Cornell University Medical College and the New York Nursery and Child's Hospital.

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