Unequal distribution of pulmonary diffusing capacity and the alveolar-arterial PO2 differences: theory
- 1 May 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in Journal of Applied Physiology
- Vol. 16 (3) , 493-498
- https://doi.org/10.1152/jappl.1961.16.3.493
Abstract
The effects of unequal distribution of pulmonary diffusing capacity to the pulmonary blood flow on the alveolar-arterial O2 pressure difference have been studied theoretically. It is demonstrated that, if the diffusing capacity is not distributed proportionally to the blood flow in a lung, the alveolar-arterial O2 pressure difference will in most circumstances be greater than in a lung with the same total diffusing capacity and the same total blood flow, but with equal distribution of diffusing capacity to blood flow. Submitted on May 23, 1960This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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