Publication Date:
1980-08-01
Description:
At high oscillation frequencies (4 to 30 hertz), effective alveolar ventilation can be achieved with tidal volumes much smaller than the anatomic dead space. An explanation of this phenomenon is given in terms of the combined effects of diffusion and convection and in terms of data consistent with the hypothesis. Theory and experimental results both show that the significant variable determining the effectiveness of gas exchange is the amplitude of the oscillatory flow rate independent of the individual values of frequency and stroke volume.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Slutsky, A S -- Drazen, F M -- Ingram, R H Jr -- Kamm, R D -- Shapiro, A H -- Fredberg, J J -- Loring, S H -- Lehr, J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1980 Aug 1;209(4456):609-71.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6771872" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Carbon Dioxide/metabolism
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Diffusion
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Dogs
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Kinetics
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Mathematics
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Oscillometry
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Pulmonary Alveoli/*physiology
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*Respiration
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
,
Physics
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