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It is well known that oxygen and carbon dioxide can pass the human epidermis and that this transport occurs by diffusion1. Therefore, it is possible to measure noninvasively Po2 and PCO2 values on the skin surface. The first direct Po2 measurements on the skin surface by Evans and Naylor (1967)2, however, were disappointing because the Po2 value was very close to zero. First Pco2 measurements by Huch et al. (1967)3 revealed rather large Pco2 values. However, a short report of Baumberger and Goodfriend (1951)4, in which they demonstrated that the Po2 of a phosphate buffer heated up to 45°C and brought in contact with the skin of a finger approached arterial Po2, was a challenge to study the different parameters which influence skin surface Po2 and Pco2 in order to find out the kind of information which can be obtained from such noninvasive transcutaneous Po2 and Pco2 measurements.
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Lübbers, D.W. (1987). Possibilities and Limitations of the Transcutaneous Measuring Technique a Theoretical Analysis. In: Huch, A., Huch, R., Rooth, G. (eds) Continuous Transcutaneous Monitoring. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1927-6_2
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