Unit 1 Flashcards
TPP
Transpulmonary pressure= alveolar pressure - intrapleural pressure
Alveolar pressure: negative on inspiration, positive on expiration
Intrapleural pressure: always positive
Vital capacity needed for effective cough
15 ml/kg
Dead space mL
2 mLkg
150 mL in 70 kg patient
Minute ventilation
Abbreviated by VE
TV x RR
Alveolar ventilation
Abbreviated by VA
(TV-dead space) x RR
Relationship between alveolar ventilation and CO2 production and PaCO2
Proportional to CO2 production
Inverse to PaCO2
Bohr equation
Vd/Vt=(PaCO2-PeCO2)/PaCO2
PeCO2-partial pressure of CO2 in exhaled gas, not the same as ETCO2
Vd/Vt
Fraction of tidal volume contributing to dead space
ML/kg of dead space in spontaneous ventilation
2 mL/kg
Vd/Vt in spontaneous ventilation
150mL/450mL=0.3
Mechanical ventilation Vd/Vt
0.5
Mechanical ventilation increases ventilation to perfusion
Normal V/Q ratio
Ventilation =4 L/min
Perfusion= 5 L/min
V/Q=0.8
V/Q at apex and base of lun
Increased at apex
Decreased at base
Compliance
Change in volume/change in pressure
0 V/Q ratio
Shunt
No ventilation
Infinity V/Q
Dead space
No perfusion
Cylinder Law of Laplace
Tension= pressure x radius
Ex: blood vessels
Spherical Law of Laplace
Tension= (pressure x radius)/2
Ex: alveoli, heart ventricles
Surfactant production begins and matures
Begins: 22-26 weeks
Mature: 35-36 weeks
Zone 1
PA > Pa> Pv
Dead space
Not in a normal lung
Bronchioles constrict to decrease the dead space
Zone 2
Pa>PA>Pv
Waterfall
Blood flow proportional to Pa-PA