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V: Ventilation and Perfusion Flashcards

1
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Total volume mobilized during the total number of exhalations

A

Ventilation

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2
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Ventilation equation

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Tidal V x Respiratory Rate

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3
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Standard tidal volume

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500mL

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4
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Standard breathings per minute

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15 breaths per minute

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5
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Normal ventilation is

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7500 mL per minute

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6
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Current volume is made up of

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Alveolar volume and physiologically dead space volume VD

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7
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Subtypes of physiologically dead volume

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Anatomically dead space

Alveolar dead space

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8
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Of the air inspired how much remains in anatomically dead space and how much is actually entering the respiratory zone

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Total = 7500mL/min
Air in anatomically dead space = 150mL/min
Air into respiratory zone = 5250mL/min

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8
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Of the air inspired how much remains in anatomically dead space and how much is actually entering the respiratory zone

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Total = 7500mL/min
Air in anatomically dead space = 150mL/min
Air into respiratory zone = 5250mL/min

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9
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Air entering into respiratory zone =

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Alveolar ventilation

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10
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How is alveolar ventilation measured

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CO2 expired, Bohr’s method

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11
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Is there diffusion in anatomically dead spaces

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No

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12
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How is anatomically dead space measured (Procedure)

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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

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13
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How much air inside alveolar dead space

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0 in normal conditions, but relevant in pathology

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14
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Normal ratio of dead space/tidal volume

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0.2 - 0.3

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15
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PCO2 in alveolar and arterial blood are

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IDENTICAL

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16
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Differences between Fowler and Bohr method

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Fowler measured the volume in conduction airways

Bohr measured the volume of the lung that does not clear up CO2

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17
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In normal conditions, measurements of Fowler and Bohr should be

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Equal

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18
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Does the entire cardiac output pass through pulmonary circulation

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Yes, except bronchial and coronary circulation

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19
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Cardiac output is measured through which method

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Thermoregulation method

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20
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How is the process of thermoregulation

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Cold serum administered to right atrium
Travels through circulatory system
When it reached RA again –> drop in venous blood

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21
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Normal cardiac output

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5L

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22
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How does fluid express different gravities

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Through hydrostatic pressure

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23
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Does perfusion increase down the lung

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Yes

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24
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Does ventilation increase down the lung

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Yes

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25
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Which increases more going down the lung, perfusion or ventilation

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Perfusion

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26
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Is hydrostatic pressure greater or lower at the base of the lung

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Greater, it increases going down the lung

27
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Consequences of increased hydrostatic pressure at base of lung

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Greater perfusion and ventilation

28
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What is the ratio of air reaching tissues

29
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Is ventilation at apex greater than perfusion

30
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If V>Q then

A

Dead space in APEX

31
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If V/Q = 1 then

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At middle of lung

32
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If V < Q

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Shunt at base of lung

33
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Pulmonary diffusion at APEX

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V/Q > 1

Alveolar P > Arterial P > Venous P

34
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Pulmonary diffusion at MIDDLE LUNG

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V/Q = 1

Arterial P > Alveolar P > Venous P

35
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Pulmonary diffusion at BASE

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V/Q < 1

Arterial P > Venous P > Alveolar P

36
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Flow at APEX determined by

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Atriovenous pressure

37
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Flow at MIDDLE determined by

A

Arterio-alveolar pressure

38
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Flow at BASE determined by

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Arteriovenous pressure

39
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Ventilation perfusion ratio =

40
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If V/Q > 0.8…

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Apical zone, dead space

41
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If V/Q < 0.8…

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Basal space, shunt

42
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Is alveolar PO2 smaller than atmospheric PO2

43
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PO2 alveolar

44
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PO2 atmospheric

45
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Why does PO2 drop from 160mmHg to 150mmHg entering the airways

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Because due to humidification

46
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Blood ENTERING alveolar capillary PO2 and PCO2

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PO2 = 40mmHg
PCO2 = 45mmHg
47
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Blood LEAVING alveolar capillary PO2 and PCO2

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PO2 < 100mmHg

PCO2 = 40mmHg

48
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In alveolar obstruction what accumulates in the blood

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CO2, because there cannot be an effective gas exchange

49
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Reaction of organism in blockage situation

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Vasodilate to increase perfusion so blood of poorly ventilated capillaries mixed with blood of well ventilated capillaries

50
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Result in blood from vasodilation and mixing blood of well and poorly ventilated areas

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Decrease in blood [O2]

51
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Does vasodilation actually happen then in the organism

52
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What does ACTUALLY occur in the organism as a response to a shunt

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There is vasoconstriction of poorly ventilated areas to prevent a drop in O2

53
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What is hypoxia

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Decreased O2 in blood

54
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How does the organism react to hypoxia

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By vasoconstricting vessels of poorly ventilating areas to redirect blood to the good ventilated areas

55
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EX. Mountaneers

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Decreased barometric pressure –> decreased alveolar O2 –> body reacts by vasoconstricting poorly ventilated areas

56
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EX. COPD

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Alveoli are obstructed so no gas exchange –> PO2 decreases in alveoli –> vasoconstriction of poorly ventilated areas

57
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IN COPD, vasoconstriction of poorly ventilated areas can lead to

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Pulmonary hypertension

58
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Alveolar obstruction occurs when

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Alveoli are obstructed so the blood passing through the capillaries of these alveoli do not carry out the process of gas diffusion

59
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Perfusion obstruction occurs when

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Alveolar capillaries are obstructed so air enters during respiration but not able to diffuse into blood

60
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Airway obstruction equals to

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Shunt (at base of lung) because V/Q < 0.8

Because there is little ventilation and great perfusion due to alvoelar obstruction

61
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Perfusion obstruction equals to

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Anatomical dead space (Apex) because V/Q > 0.8

Since ventilation is much greater than perfusion due alveolar capillary obstruction

62
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What would be the consequence of perfusion obstruction

A

Thrombus, clot that forms on the wall of a blood vessel

63
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What would a thrombus cause

A

Hypertension

64
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Why is PO2 exiting the lung not equal to alveolar 104mmHg

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Because the PO2 exiting the lung is a mixture of all exchanges happening at different levels –> 98mmHg

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