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A correlation between Paco2 and body temperature in febrile patients
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Chapot, G., Muller, Michèle, Barrault, Nicole, Dargnat, Nicole, and Languillat, J-M. (1974).Thorax, 29, 104-105. A correlation between Paco2and body temperature in febrile patients. Paco2 has been measured in 49 patients with normal and raised body temperature. Within the temperature range 35·5°C-41·4°C, there was an inversely proportional relationship between Paco2 and body temperature with a highly significant correlation coefficient.