Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Section 1 Mathematical principles
- Section 2 Physical principles
- Section 3 Pharmacological principles
- Section 4 Pharmacodynamics
- Section 5 Pharmacokinetics
- Section 6 Respiratory physiology
- Lung volumes
- Spirometry
- Flow–volume loops
- The alveolar gas equation
- The shunt equation
- Pulmonary vascular resistance
- Ventilation/perfusion mismatch
- Dead space
- Fowler's method
- The Bohr equation
- Oxygen delivery and transport
- The oxyhaemoglobin dissociation curve
- Carriage of carbon dioxide
- Work of breathing
- Control and effects of ventilation
- Compliance and resistance
- Section 7 Cardiovascular physiology
- Section 8 Renal physiology
- Section 9 Neurophysiology
- Section 10 Statistical principles
- Appendix
- Index
The shunt equation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Section 1 Mathematical principles
- Section 2 Physical principles
- Section 3 Pharmacological principles
- Section 4 Pharmacodynamics
- Section 5 Pharmacokinetics
- Section 6 Respiratory physiology
- Lung volumes
- Spirometry
- Flow–volume loops
- The alveolar gas equation
- The shunt equation
- Pulmonary vascular resistance
- Ventilation/perfusion mismatch
- Dead space
- Fowler's method
- The Bohr equation
- Oxygen delivery and transport
- The oxyhaemoglobin dissociation curve
- Carriage of carbon dioxide
- Work of breathing
- Control and effects of ventilation
- Compliance and resistance
- Section 7 Cardiovascular physiology
- Section 8 Renal physiology
- Section 9 Neurophysiology
- Section 10 Statistical principles
- Appendix
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Physics, Pharmacology and Physiology for AnaesthetistsKey Concepts for the FRCA, pp. 124 - 125Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008