Pulmonary embolization causes hypoxemia by redistributing regional blood flow without changing ventilation

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2337-2343

  Altemeier, William A ^a,b   Robertson, H Thomas ^a   Mckinney, Steve ^a   Glenny, Robb W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Fluorescent microspheres; Gas exchange; Pigs; Pulmonary embolism; Ventilation perfusion mismatch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

EID: 0031768268     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.85.6.2337     Document Type: Article

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