Gas exchange and ventilation-perfusion relationships in the lung

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1023-1041

  Petersson, Johan ^a,b   Glenny, Robb W ^c,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BREATHING; CASE REPORT; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOVENTILATION; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG STRUCTURE; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MALE; OXYGEN TENSION; REVIEW; ANOXIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANOXIA; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 84907509928     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00037014     Document Type: Review

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