Some Anesthetic Problems During Thoracic Surgical Procedures

Respiration

“…Saturation of mixed blood from different groups of alveoli is calculated by a process involving the solution of si multaneous mixing equations, and alveolar-arterial P02 gradient is obtained. (246) , may well have been caused by uneven ventilation/perfusion. The alveolar-arterial P02 gradients predicted as outlined were fairly close to those calculated from the alveolar equation (38).…”