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What is the equation for partial pressure of a gas?

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Partial Pressure = Atmospheric Pressure X Fraction of gas

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What is the fractional percent of oxygen in air?

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21%

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What is the partial pressure of oxygen in air?

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160 mmHg

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Why is does the air we breathe in not have a partial pressure of oxygen at 160 mmHg?

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Because air is inspired, rapidly warmed, and saturated with H2O (so you must account for water vapor)

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What is the partial pressure of water vapor at body temp?**

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47 mmHg

this will be on test

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What is total gas pressure (accounting for water vapor)?

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760-47= 713

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What is the partial pressure of oxygen that we breathe into the lungs?

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150 mmHg
(760-46) X 0.21= 150
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True or False: water vapor varies greatly with altitude.

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FALSE: water vapor does NOT vary with altitude

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What is the definition of minute ventilation?

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the volume exhaled per minute, calculated as:

Tidal Volume X Respiratory Rate

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What is the definition of anatomic dead space?

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the air which remains int he conducting airways at the end of inspiration and DOES NOT participate in gas exchange

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What is alveolar dead space?

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alveoli that are ventilated but not perfused (so they cannot participate in gas exchange)

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How do alveoli with reduced but not absent ventilation behave?

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They act as if a portion was normal and a portion was dead space

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What is physiologic dead space?

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the sum of anatomic and alveolar dead space

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What is the equation for alveolar ventilation?

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Minute Ventilation - Dead Space = Alveolar ventilation (effective ventilation)

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How can you approximate anatomic dead space?

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it is around lean body weight in pounds (typically 150-180 mL)

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True or false: dead space is a static volume.

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FALSE!

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What will increase the anatomic dead space?

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increasing lung volume

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What will decrease the alveolar dead space?

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exercise (increases blood flow to alveoli at the apex of the lung!)

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True or false: increased alveolar dead space is ALWAYS pathologic.

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TRUE! (ex. pulmonary embolism)

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What does the alveolar gas equation tell us?

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It allows us to:

1) estimate the alveolar partial pressure of oxygen
2) Determine if hypoxemia is due to lung disease or not
3) Determine the causes of hypoxemia

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CO2 is eliminated from the body solely via what process?

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Alveolar oxygen is a balance of what two processes?

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Oxygen delivery
Oxygen removal (from alveolus by capillary blood)
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What determines the rate of oxygen removal at the alveolus?

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tissue oxygen consumption (usually around 250 mL/min

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What is the respiratory exchange ratio (R)? What is the normal value of R?

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Volume of carbon dioxide produced for volume of oxygen removed (usually 0.8)

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What is the alveolar gas equation?
PAO2= PiO2- (PaCO2/R)
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What is PAO2 at sea level with normal R and PaCO2 of 40 mmHg (normal)?
PAO2= 150 - (40/0.8)= 100 mmHg
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Which gives a greater PAO2: normal breathing, hyperventilation, or hypoventilation?
Hyperventilation (have a drastically lower PaCO2 because you "blow off" carbon dioxide with deep breathing)
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How is arterial oxygen tension (PaO2) measured?
arterial blood gas test
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How is alveolar oxygen tenxion (PAO2) measured?
NOT measured--calculated from the alveolar gas equation
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What is the A-a difference?
Calculation of PAO2-PaO2
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What change in A-a will tell you if you have lung disease?
Widened A-a (or larger number) will tell you that your hypoxemia is due to lung problem
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What is the formula for a normal A-a gradient?
(Age + 4)/4
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True or false: A-a gradient decreases with age.
FALSE: A-a gradient increases with age, because arterial oxygen tension decreases with age due to decreased oxygen transfer to blood (alveolar oxygen tension remains the same!)
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What is hypoxemia?
decreased oxygen tension int he circulating blood compared to normal
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What are two broad categories of hypoxemia?
Defective exchange of oxygen in the lungs (widened A-a) OR from decreased delivery of oxygen to the alveolus (normal A-a in absence of lung disease)
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List the 5 causes of hypoxemia.
Normal A-a 1) Decreased PiO2 (high altitude) 2) Hypoventilation Widened A-a 3) Diffusion limitation 4) R to L shunt 5) V/Q mismatch
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How might you measure hypoventilation?
PACO2 is inversely proportional to alveolar ventilation, so PaCO2 is a good measure of alveolar ventilation.
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What is the least clinically significant cause of A-a widening? Why?
Diffusion limitation, because diffusion capacity would have to be SEVERELY decreased (lower than 1/3 of normal) or have extremely decreased transit time (from really high cardiac output)
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True or false: diffusion capacity tests can tell you about the mechanism (decreased surface area, increased membrane thickness, etc.) of diffusion limitation.
FALSE: if can't separate the mechanisms
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True or false: abnormal diffusion is more likely to cause problems during exercise than during rest.
TRUE: it may lead to a lower PaO2 during exercise due to lowered transit time
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How might you treat hypoxemia due to diffusion limitation?**
Give 100% supplemental oxygen
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Name 2 types of R-to-L shuts.
``` Cardiac Shunts Pulmonary shunts (unventilated alveoli with preserved perfusion) ```
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How might you treat hypoxemia due to R-to-L shunt?**
TRICK QUESTION! Does not respond to supplemental oxygen like the other causes of A-a widening!
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What is R when FiO2 is 100%?
1
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What is the most common cause of hypoxemia in hospitalized patients?
V/Q mismatch
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True or false: shunts have very large V/Q ratios.
FALSE! They are at the extreme of LOW V/Q
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How might you treat hypoxemia due to V/Q defect?
supplemental oxygen
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What diseases may be associated with low V/Q?
- Obstructive diseases (asthma, COPD) | - Pulmonary edema
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What diseases may be associated with high V/Q?
- Pulmonary embolism | - Dead space (extreme)
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True or False: must lung diseases cause V/Q mismatch.
TRUE!
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How is water cleared from alveoli (after edema)?
Sodium channels! (water follows sodium)

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