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| Hyperventilation or hypoventilation helps differentiate what? |
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| If the patient is having a ventilation or a perfusion issue. |
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| Increased carbon dioxide (CO2) in the arterial blood. Know relationship between PO2 and CO2 in hypercapnia and hypoxemia. |
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| a physiological condition which results when the alveoli of the lungs are perfused with blood as normal, but ventilation (the supply of air) fails to supply the perfused region. |
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| often occurs when the alveoli fill with fluid, causing parts of the lung to be unventilated although they are still perfused |
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| If a patient has a low VQ, that person has: |
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| When a person has blocked ventilation, they have a: |
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| The air that reaches the alveoli. |
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| The blood that reaches the alveoli via the capillaries |
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