Respiratory II-Gas Exchange

Class 15

Oxygen

Carbon dioxide

Law of Partial pressures

Nitrogen

Fick’s Law of Diffusion (D a D P CSA/ L )

Arterial Blood Gas (ABG)

Pulmonary edema

pO2, pCO2

Emphysema

Hypoxia (hypoxic, circulatory, anemic, histologic)

Cabin pressure

Altitude

Chemoreceptors

Carotid bodies

Hyperventilation

Hypoventilation