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- Physics, Pharmacology and Physiology for Anaesthetists
- Physics, Pharmacology and Physiology for Anaesthetists
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Foreword to the second edition
- Foreword to the first edition
- Introduction
- Section 1 Mathematical principles
- Section 2 Physical principles
- Section 3 Principles of special equipment
- Section 4 Pharmacological principles
- Section 5 Pharmacodynamics
- Section 6 Pharmacokinetics
- Section 7 Respiratory physiology
- Lung volumes
- Spirometry
- Flow–volume loops
- The alveolar gas equation
- The shunt equation
- Pulmonary vascular resistance
- Distribution of pulmonary blood flow
- Ventilation/perfusion mismatch
- Dead space
- Fowler’s method
- The Bohr equation
- Oxygen delivery and transport
- Classification of hypoxia
- The oxyhaemoglobin dissociation curve
- Carriage of carbon dioxide
- Work of breathing
- Control and effects of ventilation
- Compliance and resistance
- Section 8 Cardiovascular physiology
- Section 9 Renal physiology
- Section 10 Neurophysiology
- Section 11 Applied sciences
- Section 12 Statistical principles
- Appendix
- Index
The oxyhaemoglobin dissociation curve
from Section 7 - Respiratory physiology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2014
- Physics, Pharmacology and Physiology for Anaesthetists
- Physics, Pharmacology and Physiology for Anaesthetists
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Foreword to the second edition
- Foreword to the first edition
- Introduction
- Section 1 Mathematical principles
- Section 2 Physical principles
- Section 3 Principles of special equipment
- Section 4 Pharmacological principles
- Section 5 Pharmacodynamics
- Section 6 Pharmacokinetics
- Section 7 Respiratory physiology
- Lung volumes
- Spirometry
- Flow–volume loops
- The alveolar gas equation
- The shunt equation
- Pulmonary vascular resistance
- Distribution of pulmonary blood flow
- Ventilation/perfusion mismatch
- Dead space
- Fowler’s method
- The Bohr equation
- Oxygen delivery and transport
- Classification of hypoxia
- The oxyhaemoglobin dissociation curve
- Carriage of carbon dioxide
- Work of breathing
- Control and effects of ventilation
- Compliance and resistance
- Section 8 Cardiovascular physiology
- Section 9 Renal physiology
- Section 10 Neurophysiology
- Section 11 Applied sciences
- Section 12 Statistical principles
- Appendix
- Index
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- Physics, Pharmacology and Physiology for AnaesthetistsKey Concepts for the FRCA, pp. 228 - 229Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014