Respiratory Process

Ventilation

thorax

expiration

Surfactant

Surfactant

compliance

Compliance

Compliance

Gas exchange

Diffusion

Oxygenation

diffusion

100

40

PO2

PaO2

PCO2

PaCO2

Pressure Gradient

Pressure gradient

diffusion

diffusion

O2

hemoglobin

physiological

60

PaO2

80-100

ABGs

PaO2

Perfusion

Systemic

SV x HR = CO

4-8

70-100

70

gravity

hypoxemia

Blood

Refractory hypoxemia

decreases

lower

Pulmonary Vascular Resistance (PVR)

pulmonary

cardiac output