Pressure-volume curves — Flashcards

Pressure-volume curves — Flashcards

Pressure-volume curves — Flashcards
#1

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

#2

The reduction of respiratory compliance in obesity is in part due to a reduction in _____ compliance due to microatelactasis

#3

The compliance of the lungs and chest wall is _____ proportional to their elastance

#4

The compliance of the lungs and chest wall is _____ proportional to the wall stiffness

#5

What is the effect of emphysema on lung compliance?_____

#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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