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2821864 
Journal Article 
HOMEOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS AFTER EXERCISE : I. ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM OF THE BLOOD 
Shock, NW 
1944 
Yes 
Journal of General Physiology
ISSN: 0022-1295
EISSN: 1540-7748 
27 
3 
143-154 
English 
19873380 
The rate at which displacement and recovery of the acid-base equilibrium of the blood occur in young adult males subjected to short periods of maximal exertion has been determined. Displacement of acid-base equilibrium produced by severe exercise is along the fixed acid path, similar to the path of displacement produced by ingestion of acidifying agents such as ammonium chloride. Maximum displacement of the acid-base equilibrium is not reached until 7 to 10 minutes after the cessation of exercise. By this time over 50 per cent of the displacement in oxygen consumption, respiratory volume, and blood pressure have disappeared. A much greater metabolic acidosis was produced by exercise than could be induced by the oral administration of ammonium chloride. Recovery from the metabolic acidosis produced by exercise was much more rapid (10 times) than was recovery from the acidosis produced by ammonium chloride. After exercise the pH, returned to normal values more rapidly than did the bicarbonate content of the serum.