Formulas Flashcards
Expression for pressure with respect to surface tension
P=4T/r
What is Tidal volume?
Amount breathed in/out during a normal breath
What is inspiratory reserve volume?
The amount you can breath in past a normal breath
What is expiratory reserve volume?
The amount you can breath out past a normal breath
What is residual volume?
The amount always left in your lungs
What is vital capacity? (Equation)
Tidal volume+inspiratory reserve volume+expiratory reserve volume
What is functional residual capacity? (Equation)
Expiratory reserve volume+residual volume
What is inspiratory capacity? (Description+equation)
Tidal volume+inspiratory reserve volume. The maximum amount you can breath in after exhaling to FRC
What is total lung capacity? (Equations with only 2 values)
FRC+IC=VC+RV
Expression for VE
VE=VT x f
VT = tidal volume, f = number of breaths per minute
Expression for Px
Px = PFx
P = total pressure, Px = partial pressure of gas, Fx = fractional concentration in dry gas
Expression for VO2 (measured by comparing [O2] in the expired gas collected in a large spirometer)
VO2= Q (CaO2 - CVO2) or Q= VO2/ (CaO2 – CVO2)
VO2: measured by comparing [O2] in the expired gas collected in a large spirometer, [O2] in inspired gas; CaO2: measured from an artery; CVO2: measured via a catheter from the pulmonary artery. Q=cardiac output
Expression for compliance
C = V / P (change in volume/change in pressure)
Expression for Elastance
Elastance= 1/compliance
Transpulmonary Pressure expression
Pl = Palv - Ppl
Chest Wall Pressure expression
Pw = Ppl - Pbs (therefore Pbs = Ppl - Pw)
Expression for flow with respect to Palv and Patm.
Flow=deltaP/R=(Palv-Patm)/R
Resistance of airways expression with respect to Palv and Pao
Raw = (Palv – Pao)/Flow
Raw = resistance of the airways, Pao = Pressure of the airway opening pressure
Expression for flow (Fick’s law of diffusion)
Flow: = D x (Cout - Cin)/d x A
D: diffusion coefficient
Cout: Concentration out
Cin: Concentration in
d: Thickness of the membrane
A: Surface Area
Expression for flux in the cardio unit.
Flux = Flow/Area = D x (Cout - Cin)/d
Normal blood volume value
5L or 75mL/kg
1 unit of blood value
450mL