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CP2:3 Respiratory Physiology - Ventilation & Gas Exchange

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Medical

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Graduate

Created

01/07/2012

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Term

Ventilation =

Definition

TV x RR

Term

Alveolar ventilation is the amount of fresh gas getting to the alveoli.

Definition

(V_T - V_D) x f

Term

Anatomic Dead Space is...

Definition

The volume of conducting airways.

150 mL

Measured by Fowler's method.

Term

Physiologic dead space is...

Definition

the volume of gas that does not eliminate CO2.

Measured by Bohr's method.

It can be increased in many lung diseases.

Term

As long as CO₂ production and Vd/VT is constant, then minute ventilation x PaCO₂ is constant.

If you double minute ventilation...

Definition

you halve PaCO₂