EP6 – V/Q Relationships | Anaesthetic Primary Topic | Respiratory Physiology | CT10

Count to 10 - Anaesthetic Primary Podcast · Feb 6, 2023 · 1h 5m

Today's topic is a big one! I start of by assessing the vertical gradient of pleural pressure (01:25). Then discuss a favourite topic closing capacity and its significance (05:53). I then explain the different types of dead space and how this links in West's Zones of the lung (14:24). Then I look at the opposite spectrum and discuss shunt and all things that are venous admixture (27:04). Putting this together we analyse the regional differences in ventilation and-perfusion inequalities (34:31). Our last learning objective is a brief classification of V/Q measurement techniques (40:23). As…