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Report No: DOT/FAA/AM-64/08

Title and Subtitle: Cardiopulmonary consequences of pyrogen-induced hyperpyrexia in man.

Report Date: 1963 (reprint)

Authors: Moser KM, Perry RB, Luchsinger PC.

Abstract: Detailed cardiopulmonary studies were carried out in ten male subjects free of overt cardiopulmonary disease before and at four intervals after intravenous injection of a pyrogenic lipopolysaccharide extract of gram-negative bacilli. Note: this document is a reprint of the Journal of Clinical Investigation 1963;42(5):626-634.

Key Words: body temperature, infection, pulmonary hemodynamics, respiratory gas exchange, arterial blood gas.

No. of Pages: 8

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