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Fundamentals of Gas Exchange and the Assessment of Oxygenation and Ventilation

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The basic function of the respiratory system is to supply oxygen (O2) to, and remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from, the body. The essential steps in this process include the exchange of gas between the atmosphere and the alveoli (ventilation), the diffusion of these gases across the alveolar capillary membrane, the transportation of gases in the blood, and the diffusion of the gases to and from the tissue capillaries. In this chapter, normal respiratory physiology and common disease states are discussed.

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  1. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, WakeMed Children’s Hospital, Raleigh, NC, USA

    John S. Sullivan

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA

    John S. Sullivan

  3. Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    John S. Sullivan

  4. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Goryeb Children’s Hospital, Atlantic Health System, Morristown, NJ, USA

    Toah Nkromah Alafita

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  1. Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA

    Steven E. Lucking

  2. Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Janet Weis Children’s Hospital, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, USA

    Frank A. Maffei

  3. Department of Pediatrics/Divisions of Pediatric Critical and Palliative Care Medicine, Janet Weis Children’s Hospital at Geisinger, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Danville, PA, USA

    Robert F. Tamburro

  4. Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Arno Zaritsky

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Sullivan, J.S., Alafita, T.N. (2021). Fundamentals of Gas Exchange and the Assessment of Oxygenation and Ventilation. In: Lucking, S.E., Maffei, F.A., Tamburro, R.F., Zaritsky, A. (eds) Pediatric Critical Care . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53363-2_8

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