A new physiological review in Intensive Care Medicine explains why shunt drives hypoxaemia, dead space drives carbon dioxide ...
IN the normal subject, an increment in the partial pressure of carbon dioxide (Pco 2) in arterial blood of only a few millimeters of mercury suffices to double or even triple minute and alveolar ...
During CPPB with severe airway obstruction end-expiratory occlusion pressure may exceed applied PEEP (autopeep). Alveolar pressure may then exceed airway pressure throughout expiration. This study ...