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The simulated altitude of 28,000 ft in a decompression chamber was found to increase the 3 2-minute plasma levels of injected bilirubin and BSP by about 28 and 53% respectively in the unanesthetized rat in which vena cava polyethylene cannulas had been implanted. The implications of these findings for the bilirubinemia of chronic anoxic hypoxia have been discussed.
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