Following a method designed by Burgen and Stewart for measuring the fluid turnover in the pleural cavity (J. Lab. & Clin. Med. 52: 118(1958).), analogous studies were carried out on the dog made ascetic by constriction of the inferior vena cava above the diaphragm. Radioiodinated albumin was injected intraperitoneally and the lymphatic absorption of fluid was calculated from the appearance of the label in the circulation, the non-lymphatic flow (usually formation) from its dilution in the effusion. The resting turnover of the unanaesthetized dog was studied. The non-lymphatic flow was found to be consistently larger than the lymphatic absorption in all the experiments but one in which the dog was "maximally ascitic", that is, where the abdomen appeared by inspection to be maximally filled with fluid.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.112794 |
| Date | January 1960 |
| Creators | Dawson, Arthur. D. |
| Contributors | Burgen, A. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Health Sciences.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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