Models of venous admixture.
Medical students, residents, and allied health professionals often have difficulty quantitating ventilation-perfusion mismatch in ill patients. This manuscript quantitates ventilation-perfusion mismatch using the underlying physiological concepts and equations that describe mismatch. In addition, clinical problems with diagrams and worked-out solutions are supplied to help students master these equations as well as their practical limitations.
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Department of Anesthesiology, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York 14642, USA. Paul_Bigeleisen@urmc.rochester.edu
D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D010827:Physiology / Q000193:education*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000503:physiopathology; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D014680:Veins; D014692:Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio