Pulmonary gas exchange /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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San Rafael, California (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) :
Morgan & Claypool,
2013.
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| Series: | Colloquium digital library of life sciences.
Colloquium series on integrated systems physiology ; # 41. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Anatomy of the gas exchanger
- 2.1 The airway tree
- 2.2 The pulmonary circulation
- 2.3 The gas exchange barrier
- 3. Gas carriage
- 3.1 Gas carriage in air
- 3.2 Gas carriage in blood
- 3.2.1 Inert gas transport
- 3.2.2 O2 transport
- 3.2.3 CO transport
- 3.2.4 CO2 transport
- 3.3 Acid-base balance
- 4. Gas exchange by diffusion
- 4.1 Diffusion vs. perfusion limitation
- 5. Gas exchange and the matching of ventilation and perfusion
- 5.1 Gas exchange in an ideal lung
- 5.1.1 Ventilation
- 5.1.2 Alveolar Pco2
- 5.1.3 Alveolar Po2
- 5.1.4 Mixed venous blood
- 5.1.5 The effect of ventilation-perfusion ratio on gas exchange
- 5.2 Causes of arterial hypoxemia
- 5.2.1 Low inspired oxygen partial pressure
- 5.2.2 Hypoventilation
- 5.2.3 Shunt
- 5.2.4 Diffusion limitation
- 5.2.5 Mismatch of ventilation and perfusion
- 5.3 Non-uniformity of ventilation
- 5.4 Non-uniformity of perfusion
- 5.5 Non-uniformity of ventilation-perfusion ratio
- 5.5.1 The consequence of ventilation-perfusion mismatch on pulmonary gas exchange
- 6. Evaluating pulmonary gas exchange
- 6.1 Oxygen uptake and carbon dioxide production
- 6.2 Diffusing capacity
- 6.2.1 Components of the diffusing capacity
- 6.3 Ventilation-perfusion mismatch
- 6.3.1 The A-a gradient
- 6.3.2 Shunt
- 6.3.3 The multiple inert gas elimination technique, MIGET
- 6.3.4 Single breath measurement of ventilation-perfusion mismatch
- 6.3.5 Imaging
- Summary
- References
- Author biographies.