Alveolar ventilation and pulmonary blood flow: The V̇ A/Q̇ concept

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1229-1232

  Calzia, Enrico ^a   Radermacher, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; OXYGEN TENSION;

ANOXIA; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; LUNG; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; PULMONARY VENTILATION;

EID: 0042880973     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-003-1835-7     Document Type: Article

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