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RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY & PATHOPHYSIOLOGY:
- CENTRAL CONTROL OF VENTILATION / RESPIRATION
- MEDULLARY CHEMORECEPTOR: Respiratory Physiology
- PERIPHERAL CHEMORECEPTORS: Respiratory Physiology
- OXYGEN-HEMOGLOBIN DISSOCIATION CURVE
- OXYGEN-HEMOGLOBIN DISSOCIATION CURVE
- OXYGEN TRANSPORT: Determining Factors
- DISTRIBUTION OF PULMONARY BLOOD FLOW & VENTILATION
- SHUNT FRACTION CALCULATION & USE
- DETERMINANTS OF PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE
- HYPOXIC PULMONARY VASOCONSTRICTION: Determinants
- PULMONARY COMPLIANCE
- PULMONARY AIRWAY RESISTANCE
- ALVEOLAR GAS EQUATION: Clinical Relevance & Use
- ALVEOLAR-ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION DIFFERENCE
- O2 & CO2 PARTIAL PRESSURES DURING RESPIRATION
- VAPOR PRESSURE OF WATER IN THE LUNGS & AIRWAYS
- METABOLIC FUNCTIONS OF THE LUNG
- LUNG VOLUMES DEFINED
- LUNG VOLUMES - Diagram
- PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS
- PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS: Risk Indicators
- FLOW-VOLUME LOOPS FOR OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY LESIONS
- SPLIT PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS
- OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE: Pathophysiology
- RESTRICTIVE LUNG DISEASE: Pathophysiology
- DRUGS FOR PULMONARY DISEASE TREATMENT
- OXYGEN TOXICITY
- HYPERCARBIA: Physiologic Effects
- HYPOCARBIA: Physiologic Effects
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