A first principles calculation of the oxygen uptake in the human pulmonary acinus at maximal exercise

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 625-638

  Foucquier, A ^a   Filoche, M ^a,b   Moreira, A A ^c   Andrade, J S ^c   Arbia, G ^a,b   Sapoval, B ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DE LA MATIÈRE CONDENSÉE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acinus; Alveolar gas; Diffusion limitation; Exercise; Gas exchange; Membrane permeability

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BREATHING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXERCISE; LUNG; LUNG ACINUS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOMETRICS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION;

ACINAR CELLS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE;

EID: 84871813110     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: 18781519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2012.10.013     Document Type: Article

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