V: Ventilation and Perfusion Flashcards
Total volume mobilized during the total number of exhalations
Ventilation
Ventilation equation
Tidal V x Respiratory Rate
Standard tidal volume
500mL
Standard breathings per minute
15 breaths per minute
Normal ventilation is
7500 mL per minute
Current volume is made up of
Alveolar volume and physiologically dead space volume VD
Subtypes of physiologically dead volume
Anatomically dead space
Alveolar dead space
Of the air inspired how much remains in anatomically dead space and how much is actually entering the respiratory zone
Total = 7500mL/min
Air in anatomically dead space = 150mL/min
Air into respiratory zone = 5250mL/min
Of the air inspired how much remains in anatomically dead space and how much is actually entering the respiratory zone
Total = 7500mL/min
Air in anatomically dead space = 150mL/min
Air into respiratory zone = 5250mL/min
Air entering into respiratory zone =
Alveolar ventilation
How is alveolar ventilation measured
CO2 expired, Bohr’s method
Is there diffusion in anatomically dead spaces
No
How is anatomically dead space measured (Procedure)
Fowler method, where you breath in N2 (measured), then a single O2 breath taken.
O2 will be mixed with N2 in anatomically dead space therefore [N2] exhaled will increase
How much air inside alveolar dead space
0 in normal conditions, but relevant in pathology
Normal ratio of dead space/tidal volume
0.2 - 0.3
PCO2 in alveolar and arterial blood are
IDENTICAL
Differences between Fowler and Bohr method
Fowler measured the volume in conduction airways
Bohr measured the volume of the lung that does not clear up CO2
In normal conditions, measurements of Fowler and Bohr should be
Equal
Does the entire cardiac output pass through pulmonary circulation
Yes, except bronchial and coronary circulation
Cardiac output is measured through which method
Thermoregulation method
How is the process of thermoregulation
Cold serum administered to right atrium
Travels through circulatory system
When it reached RA again –> drop in venous blood
Normal cardiac output
5L
How does fluid express different gravities
Through hydrostatic pressure
Does perfusion increase down the lung
Yes
Does ventilation increase down the lung
Yes
Which increases more going down the lung, perfusion or ventilation
Perfusion