Respiratory Pressures
Arterial Blood Gases Arterial blood gas analysis is performed to answer various clinical questions: Is gas exchange normal? Is there carbon dioxide retention in the patient with chronic obstructive…
RESPIRATORY
Blood Gases
Arterial Blood Gases Arterial blood gas analysis is performed to answer various clinical questions: Is gas exchange normal? Is there carbon dioxide retention in the patient with chronic obstructive…
Tests of Exercise Capacity
Arterial Blood Gases Arterial blood gas analysis is performed to answer various clinical questions: Is gas exchange normal? Is there carbon dioxide retention in the patient with chronic obstructive…
Dynamic Lung Volumes
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Capacity of the Lungs
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(Absolute) Lung Volumes
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and Bronchial
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Principles and Applications of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
CHAPTER 34 Principles and Applications of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Karl T. WeberKevin P. Newman INTRODUCTION Cardiopulmonary exercise (CPX) testing draws on the recognition that the thorax represents a metabolic gas…
Pulmonary Function Testing
CHAPTER 33 Pulmonary Function Testing Michael A. GrippiGregory Tino INTRODUCTION The assessment of human pulmonary function dates back to the seventeenth century, when the earliest measurements of tidal volume were…
Ventilation, Pulmonary Blood Flow, and Ventilation–Perfusion Relationships
CHAPTER 14 Ventilation, Pulmonary Blood Flow, and Ventilation–Perfusion Relationships Peter D. Wagner This chapter and the two succeeding it together share responsibility for presenting the physiological basis of normal pulmonary…
