The Ventilatory Response to Carbon Dioxide in Patients Who Have Recovered from Cardiogenic Pulmonary Oedema

1. The arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide in a group of patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema was compared with their ventilatory response to carbon dioxide after recovery from the acute episode of pulmonary oedema.

2. There was no significant correlation between the degree of carbon dioxide retention during acute pulmonary oedema and the ventilatory response to carbon dioxide after recovery.