| pubmed-article:6673012 | pubmed:abstractText | The red blood cell deformability was evaluated in 10 patients suffering from chronic respiratory failure and in 10 normal volunteers. Patients with chronic respiratory failure showed a pH of 7.36 +/- 0.04, a pCO2 of 48.7 +/- 7.3 mmHg and a pO2 of 61.2 +/- 10.2 mmHg and had a decreased red blood cell deformability if compared with normal volunteers (p less than 0.001). The red blood cell deformability of patients suffering from chronic respiratory failure showed a weak correlation with pO2 (r = 0.50, p less than 0.05). | lld:pubmed |
