ISSN:
1435-1420
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary Studies on gas exchange in pulmonary embolism are not numerous. A few of them have been performed in experimental animals [4]. The methods employed comprise the determination of gas exchange parameters [14], including the physiologic dead space [1], and the multiple inert gas elimination technique [2, 8, 10]. Furthermore, not much effort has been made to relate topographical alterations of ventilation and blood flow, detected by external counting of radioactive tracers, to ventilation/ perfusion (V˚A/Q˚) disturbances responsible for impaired gas exchange in pulmonary embolism. This paper reports data on pulmonary gas exchange, V˚A/Q˚ distribution by inert gas elimination, and regional lung function by ventilation and perfusion scan in human pulmonary embolism.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003900070004
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