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                      RE>Oxygen Narcosis (?)                        6/29/94
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Rich Pyle writes:

>Interesting....

>But I had always heard that high PPO2 was a vaso-contrictor, not a
>vasodialator.  Or are there too many other factors to be able to draw a >sound
generalization?

I have been following this thread and yes, it seems to me that there are too
many variables to be able to draw a sound conclusion.
For instance, what about the PP of CO2. Small changes in the PPCO2 would have a
more dramitics effect on vasoconstriction/dilation than O2 or N2.

Steve Hogan
Steve_Hogan@qm*.sp*.tr*.co*

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