Compliance measurement techniques — Flashcards

Compliance measurement techniques — Flashcards

Compliance measurement techniques — Flashcards
#1

A lung with _____ compliance is easier to fill

#2

What is the effect of pulmonary fibrosis on lung compliance?_____

#3

What is the effect of emphysema on lung compliance?_____

#4

A lung with _____ compliance is harder to fill

#5

Lung compliance may be calculated by the equation C = _____

#6

What is the function of elastin?

#7

Lung compliance may be calculated by the equation C = _____

#8

To compensate for reduced lung compliance, obese patients have _____-_____ breathing

Hint: rate

#9

During expiration, the slope of the pressure-volume loop _____ as the density of surfactant molecules rapidly _____

#10

What is the effect of emphysema on lung compliance? _____

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