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Chapter 1
Back to basics
Here, you’ll cover the relationship between a gas's fractional concentration and partial pressure, and calculations of partial pressures of dry versus humidified gases.
4 Lessons
10:26 min
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Chapter 2
Diffusion across the alveolar-capillary membrane
Learn about gas diffusion across the alveolar-capillary membrane. Factors discussed include the properties of the alveolar-capillary membrane and the gases within the alveoli.
6 Lessons
19:23 min
Diffusion across the alveolar-capillary membrane intro
0:30 min
Simplifying Fick's law and lung gas exchange
3:22 min
What's the difference between diffusion- and perfusion-limited gas exchange?
4:33 min
How is RBC oxygen uptake affected by diffusion and perfusion?
4:28 min
What is diffusing capacity and why is it important?
6:30 min
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Chapter 3
Oxygen transport
Understand how oxygen is distributed between hemoglobin and the rest of the cell environment, and the factors affecting the equilibrium between free and hemoglobin-bound oxygen.
5 Lessons
16:05 min
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Chapter 4
Oxygen delivery to peripheral tissues
This chapter addresses the determinants of oxygen delivery to peripheral tissues. The concepts of oxygen content of the blood and cardiac output are discussed.
4 Lessons
7:35 min
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Chapter 5
The ventilation-perfusion relationship
Understand the relationship between regional lung ventilation and perfusion. Learn about why regional variations in ventilation and perfusion occur and the effect on gas exchange.
6 Lessons
11:45 min
The ventilation-perfusion relationship intro
0:31 min
Everything you need to know about the ventilation-perfusion ratio
6:16 min
What's a physiological shunt?
1:50 min
What defines physiological dead space?
1:15 min
Asthma and ARDS as examples of altered ventilation-perfusion ratios
1:53 min
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Chapter 6
Carbon dioxide removal
Learn about the main determinants of arterial PCO2, the relationship between carbon dioxide production and elimination, and the importance of alveolar and dead space ventilation.
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6:21 min
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Chapter 7
Acid-base balance
This chapter covers the relationship between arterial PCO2, pH, and ventilation. You’ll cover the roles of ventilation and alterations in arterial PCO2 in adjusting arterial pH.
6 Lessons
20:51 min
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Chapter 8
Case studies in blood gas analysis
This chapter provides two clinical cases for analysis, drawn from real-life clinical practice. These incorporate many of the principles covered in the preceding chapters.
5 Lessons
13:29 min
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