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Pulmonary disorders are among the most common causes of admission to an intensive care unit and frequently seen in acute care medicine. The following formulas and facts are presented to aid in the diagnosis and management of patients presenting to the emergency department and the intensive care unit (ICU) with pulmonary conditions. Some of the formulas are not useful in the clinical area; however, their understanding is of paramount importance in understanding the normal and abnormal pulmonary physiology and therefore cannot be excluded from this chapter.
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Varon, J., Fromm, R.E. (2014). Pulmonary Facts and Formulas. In: Acute and Critical Care Formulas and Laboratory Values. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7510-1_12
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