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An elderly, 70-year-old woman has developed a viral infection of the lungs…
An elderly, 70-year-old woman has developed a viral infection of the lungs. She has fast,
shallow breathing and a wet, wheezy cough.
Having a weakened immune system due to immunosuppressant medications also increases your risk for pneumonia
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High-Elevation. Since colorado has higher elevation which means less oxygen than places with lower elevation. When you go from low to high altitudes, your body has a hard time adjusting to the change in oxygen levels.
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Pleural Effusion
pleural effusion specifically causes a buildup of fluids in the pleural tissues. These cover the outside of each of your lungs as well as the inside of the chest wall.
External respiration occurs as a function of partial pressure differences in oxygen and carbon dioxide between the alveoli and the blood in the pulmonary capillaries.
The partial pressure of oxygen is high in the alveoli and low in the blood of the pulmonary capillaries. As a result, oxygen diffuses across the respiratory membrane from the alveoli into the blood.
In contrast, the partial pressure of carbon dioxide is high in the pulmonary capillaries and low in the alveoli. Therefore, carbon dioxide diffuses across the respiratory membrane from the blood into the alveoli.
Henry's law states that a given temperature, the solubility of a gas in liquid is dependent upon the partial pressure of gas in the air solubility coefficient of gas in the liquid
Fick's Law essentially states that the rate of diffusion of a gas across a permeable membrane is determined by the chemical nature of the membrane itself, the surface area of the membrane, the partial pressure gradient of the gas across the membrane, and the thickness of the membrane.
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