The Measurement Of Arterial Blood Gases And Pulmonary Function Tests In The Patients With Transseptal Suture And Nasal Packs With Airway

Author(s):  
Kamran Sari ◽  
Muzaffer Gencer
2005 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 664-667 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark J. Thieben ◽  
David J. Blacker ◽  
Peter Y. Liu ◽  
C. Michel Harper ◽  
Eelco F. M. Wijdicks

Author(s):  
M.A. Bureau ◽  
P. Ngassam ◽  
B. Lemieux ◽  
A. Trias

SUMMARY:Pulmonary function tests were carried out on 20 patients with Friedreich's ataxia. The lung volume, diffusing capacity, flow rate, flowvolume curve, and blood gases were measured. In each patient the degree of scoliosis was measured and the pulmonary function tests were analyzed in relation to the scoliosis. A control group of 13 subjects with idiopathic scoliosis was used for comparison. In both groups, the degree of scoliosis was similar.


2011 ◽  
pp. 108-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
James R. Munis

Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) sort out the ability of the lungs to ventilate and oxygenate. Perhaps the most useful PFT measures arterial blood gas (ABG). Once we've established that the ABG is normal, it doesn't much matter whether pulmonary function is provided by a machine or is natural, nor do specific respiratory parameters (eg, tidal volume, respiratory rate, flow rate) matter as much as the end result of pulmonary function—the ABGs. The next type of PFT is spirometry, is the measurement of inhaled and exhaled lung gas. The next PFT is the flow-volume loop. Before looking at how the loop changes with pathologic conditions, you should be familiar with the axes of the graph. Note that the horizontal axis is inverted, with high volumes closer to the origin and low volumes further from the origin. Finally, the test measuring diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) rounds out the list of commonly used PFTs.


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