spirometry
101Tracheal intubation — Intervention Anesthesiologist using the Glidescope video laryngoscope to intubate the trachea of a morbidly obese elderly person with challenging airway anatomy …
102Dead space (physiology) — Blood gas, acid base, gas exchange terms PaO2 Arterial oxygen tension, or partial pressure PAO2 Alveolar oxygen tension, or partial pressure PACO2 Arterial carbon dioxide tension, or partial pressure PaCO2 Alveolar carbon dioxide tension, or… …
103Marc B. Schenker — Fields Epidemiology, Occupational Health, Medicine Institutions University of California, Davis …
104Medical Kiosks — are computerized, electronic kiosks. Some function as patient check in stations at hospitals or doctors offices. Other, more advanced kiosks can perform basic diagnostic tests on patients. Most medical kiosks have touchscreens and can be… …
105Negative pressure ventilator — This article is about the medical device. For the band, see Iron Lung (band). Negative pressure ventilator Intervention An Emerson iron lung. The patient lies within the chamber, which when sealed provides an effectively oscillating atmospheric… …
106Nitrogen washout — (or Fowler s method) is a test for measuring dead space in the lung during a respiratory cycle, as well as some parameters related to the closure of airways. Contents 1 Procedure 2 Parameters 3 See also 4 References …
107Oxygen–haemoglobin dissociation curve — The oxygen–haemoglobin dissociation curve (or oxygen–hemoglobin dissociation curve) plots the proportion of haemoglobin in its saturated form on the vertical axis against the prevailing oxygen tension on the horizontal axis. The oxyhaemoglobin… …
108Oxygenation (medical) — For Oxygen saturation in general, see Oxygen saturation. Oxygenation occurs when oxygen molecules (O2) enter the tissues of the body. For example, blood is oxygenated in the lungs, where oxygen molecules travel from the air and into the blood.… …
109ISB — incentive spirometry breathing …
110spirography — spi·rog·ra·phy spī räg rə fē n, pl phies the recording of respiratory movements by means of a spirograph * * * spi·rog·ra·phy (spi rogґrə fe) the graphic measurement of breathing, including breathing movements and breathing capacity. See… …
