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135 Cards in this Set
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Almost no particle greater than approx __ mm in size is allowed to enter the trachea
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6
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GA affects noses ability to?
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heat/humidify air
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Which conchae is in the pathway of airflow in the nose?
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inferior
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What is most commonly injured during nasal intubation?
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inferior conchae
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Eustachian drainage can be obstructed when?
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inferior concha or adenoid tonsils become inflamed
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What is alar cartilage?
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cartilage around entrance to nostrils that flares during heavy breathing
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Nostril opening leads into?
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vestibule
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course hairs in the nostril opening are called?
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vibrissae
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Direction of motion of cilia is toward?
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exterior of the nasal cavity
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What is ligated for persistent nosebleeds?
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interior maxillary artery
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Where does the pharynx extend to?
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base of skull to C6
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Blood supply to pharynx is from?
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branches of external carotid artery
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Larynx extends from?
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C3-C6
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What is the chief support for larynx?
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hyoid bone
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rima glottidis is?
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the space between the true vocal cords
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What muscles lengthen the vocal cords?
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cricothyroid
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What muscles shorten the vocal cords?
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thryoarytenoid
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External SLN innervates?
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cricothyroid cartilages
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Internal SLN provides?
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sensation from epiglottis down to cords
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RLN supples sensation to the?
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larynx below the vocal cords
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RLN innervates?
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all muscles of larynx except cricothyroid
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Blood supply to larynx?
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superior/inferior thyroid artery
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Blood supply to trachea?
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inferior thyroid artery
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Sensory innervation of trachea is from?
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vagus nerve
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If you flex the neck, the ETT moves?
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downward and endobronchial intubation may result
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If you extend the neck, the ETT moves?
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upward and extubation may occur
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What thoracic levels correspond anteriorly to the angle of Louis on the sternum?
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T4-T5
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How many generations exist before the alveoli?
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20-25
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Where is the first place that gas exchange occurs?
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respiratory bronchioles
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What are the pores of Kohn?
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small pores in alveoli that allow collateral gas flow between alveoli
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What is the respiratory zone comprised of?
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respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, alveolar sacs, and alveoli
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What is the conducting zone comprised of?
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all parts of the airway (from nose to terminal bronchioles) that conduct gas without exchanging gas with the blood
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The left lung respresents ___% of TLC
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45
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The right lung represents ____% of TLC
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55
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What law describes that as increased volume causes decreased pressure?
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boyles
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What muscles contract during normal breathing?
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diaphragm and external intercostals
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Each half of the diaphragm is innervated by what nerve?
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phrenic
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What muscles may be used to augment exhalation?
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intercostal muscles
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How far does the diaphragm descend?
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1-2 cm
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What is a condition that impedes chest excursion?
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thoracic kyphosis (increase chest diameter)
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When the diaphragm contracts during inspiration, what two things occur?
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1. Raises intraabdominal pressure
2. Lowers intrathoracic pressure |
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When the diaphragm is paralyzed it cannot? and what occurs?
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contract, moves upward from normal position
-results in paradoxical movement |
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For air to move into alveoli, alveolar pressure must be less than?
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atmospheric pressure
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Compliance is _______ dependent
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volume
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Lung is less compliant at?
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very high and very low lung volumes
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Slope of inspiratory curve is less at?
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both very low and high volumes
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Where does most of the energy come from to expand lungs at particularly low volumes?
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surface tension
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How do you calculate static effective compliance?
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TV/(plateau pressure - PEEP)
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How can you observe a plateau pressure on a ventiator?
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inspiratory pause
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How do you calculate dynamic compliance?
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TV/(PIP-PEEP)
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What does LaPlace's Law state? does it occur in the lung?
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P=T/r, does not occur in the lung
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Why does LaPlace's law not occur in the lung?
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pulmonary surfactant produced by type II cells
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What does pulmonary surfactant consist of?
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phospholipid dipalmitoyl lecithin
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Does surfactant preferentially decrease surface tension more in small or large alveoli?
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small
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L/S ratio stands for?
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lecithin to sphingomyelin
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What is transpulmonary pressure?
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difference between intraalveolar and pleural pressure
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Pleural pressure is normally?
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slightly negative
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Transpulmonary pressure does what?
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oscillates b/t slightly negative during inspiration to slightly positive during expiration
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True laminar occurs where?
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in smaller airways
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Resistance to laminar flow follows _________ law
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Poiseuille's
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Where does the greatest resistance of airflow reside?
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in medium-sized bronchi
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SNS and sympathomimetic drugs (NE, EPI, isoproterenol) produce?
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bronchodilation
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PSNS and parasympathomimetic drugs (ACh) produce?
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bronchoconstriction
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Parasympatholytic drugs (atropine and ipratroprium) cause?
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bronchodilation
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restrictive lung diseases result in_______ lung volumes.
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decreased
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What is the calcualtion for alveolar ventilation?
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(VT-2ml/kg) x RR
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Define residual volume?
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amt of gas left after maximal exhalation (1.5L)
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Define ERV?
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volume of gas expelled from lungs during maximal forced exhalation
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Define IRV?
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volume of gas inhaled into lungs during a maximal forced inhalation
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TLC is the sum of what four lung volumes?
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RV+ERV+IRV+VT
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VC?
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amount of air forcibly exhaled from lungs after maximal inspiratory effort
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FRC?
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volume of gas contained in the lungs after normal quiet expiration
sum of ERV and RV |
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Closing volume is approx what % of TLC at age 20?
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30%, increases to approx 55% at age 70
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During inspiration, intraalveolar pressure does what?
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becomes slightly negative with respect to atmospheric pressure (causes air to flow inward)
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During expiration, intraalveolar pressure does what?
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increases to 1 mm Hg above atmospheric pressure
(air flow outward) |
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Anatomic dead space is?
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volume of conducting airways
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Alveolar dead space
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alveoli that are ventilated but not perfused
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What is physiologic dead space (Vds)?
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sum of anatomic dead space plus alveolar dead space
-calculated with Bohr equation |
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What is the total surface area for gas exchange?
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60-80 m2
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At FRC, what alveoli are more compliant?
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dependent
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Respiratory quotient
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ratio of amount of CO2 produced to quantity of O2 consumed
~normally 0.8 |
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What is the partial pressure of water vapor?
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47 mm Hg
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PVR is ____ of SVR
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1/8
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PVR is increased by what 5 things? combo of physiologic effects and drugs
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NE, serotonin, histamine, hypoxia, hypercapnia
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PVR is decreased by what 2 drugs?
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acetylcholine and isoproterenol
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Bronchial veins anastomose with?
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pulmonary veins, contributes to the addition of unoxygenated blood to the left side of the heart
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Pulmonary blood flow is regulated by changes in?
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oxygen and carbon dioxide tension
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High oxygen tension and hypocapnia ________ pulmonary vessels
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vasodilate
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Hypercarbia and acidosis ________ pulmonary vessels
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vasoconstrict
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Zone 1?
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PA>pa, no blood flow, alveolar dead space
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Zone 2?
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PA>pa>pv
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Zone 3?
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Pa>Pv>PA, continous blood flow
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Distance across respiratory membrane is less than?
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1 micron
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What tends to hold fluid in the pulmonary capillaries?
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plasma colloid oncotic pressure
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Does pulmonary edema affect oxygenation more than CO2?
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yes, b/c CO2 is 20x more diffusible than O2
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Ventilation is approximately how many L/min?
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4
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Pulmonary blood flow is approximately how many L/min?
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5
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V-Q perfusion ratio=
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4/5=0.8
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Alveoli that are ventilated but not perfused, Q= ___?, V/Q= ___?
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Dead space, Q=0, V/Q= infinity
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Alveoli that are perfused but not ventilated, V=___? V/Q= ___?
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physiologic shunt, V=0, V/Q= 0
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Low CO results in?
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low pulmonary blood flow and increased deadspace, reflected by low ETCO2
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With PPV, distribution of ventilation becomes?
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more uniform to the lung
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Mean pulmonary transit time for blood is ?
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4-5 seconds
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Blood spends approximately _____ seconds in pulmonary capillaries.
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0.75
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In a normal lung, it takes approxmiately ____ seconds to equilibrate between alveolar air and pulmonary capillary blood.
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0.25
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Diffusivity?
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the solubility divided by the square root of the MW
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Hematocrit is approximately = to?
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Hgb x3
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Bohr effect?
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influence of pH and PCo2 on HgbO2 dissociation curve
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P50 is?
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the Pa02 at which 50% of the Hgb is saturated
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Normal P50 is?
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26-27
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What is nitrate poisoning or NTG overdose treated with?
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O2 therapy and methylene blue (1-2mg/kg IV over 5 minutes)
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Normal Ca02?
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20 mL of 02 per 100 ml of arterial blood
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Normal Cv02?
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15 mL of 02 per 100 mL mixed venous blood
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What is the normal arteriovenous O2 content difference?
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5mL/dL of blood
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A difference >5 indicates?
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low Co
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A difference < 5 indicates?
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systemic arteriovenous shunts
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How is CO2 carried mainly?
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as bicarbonate ions, 80-90% carried this way
-when bicarb leaves the blood cells, chloride ions enter to maintain electical neutrality |
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when blood contains mainly oxygenated Hgb, the Co2 dissociation curve shifts to the ?
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right
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when blood contains mainly deoxygenated Hgb, the Co2 dissociation curve shifts to the ?
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left
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The shift according to oxgenated vs deoxygenated Hgb and CO2 is due to what effect?
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Haldane (Bohr effect)
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Respiratory acidosis?
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Elevation in PaC02, decrease in pH
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An acute change in PaC02 of _____ mm Hg changes ph ____ units
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10, 0.08
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Metabolic acidosis?
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Decreased HCO3, decrease in pH
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A bicarbonate increase of ____ mEq/L increases the pH ____ units
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10, 0.15
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Mixed acidosis can produce a dramatically ____ ph
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decreased
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Respiratory alkalosis
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decreased PaC02, increase ph
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Metabolic alkalosis
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increased HCO3, increase in pH
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The respiratory system can rapidly compensate for?
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metabolic acidosis or alkalosis by altering alveolar ventilation
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What changes to increase or decrease alveolar ventilation?
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Hydrogen ions
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Kidneys can compensate for respiratory and metabolic acidosis of NONRENAL origin by?
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excreting fixed acid and retaining bicarbonate
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Kidneys compensate for respiratory and metabolic alkalosis of NONRENAL origin by?
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decreasing H ion excretion and decreasing retention of bicarbonate
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Should respiratory acidosis be treated with bicarbonate?
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no
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Should severe metabolic acidosis be treated with bicarbonate?
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yes
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Acidosis from renal failure is best treated with?
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dialysis
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How do you treat lactic acidosis?
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bicarbonate
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