Respiratory system

Influence of pregancy on respiratory function

Pharmacology of oxygen

Pharmacology of drugs used to treat asthma - salbutamol

Effects of positive pressure ventilation: respiratory and cardiovascular

Structure and function of the alveolus

End-tidal capnometry, including sources of error

Anatomy and physiology of the pulmonary circulation

Factors which influence the respiratory rate

Physiological factors that affect PaCO2.

Pharmacology of pulmonary vasodilators

Factors which affect lung compliance

Factors which affect airway resistance

Regional V/Q relationships and West's zones

Principles of pulse oximetry

Perfusion-limited and diffusion-limited transfer of gases

Work of breathing and its components

Pulmonary vasodilators: inhaled nitric oxide (NO).

Anatomy of the airway: the larynx

Pulmonary circulation: anatomical and physiological features

Cardiovascular response to exercise

Cough reflex

Functional residual capacity: its functions and influences

Respiratory changes which occur throughout pregnancy

Control of ventilation and oxygenation

Neonatal respiratory physiology (vs. adult)

Transport of carbon dioxide in the blood

Factors which affect lung compliance

End-tidal capnometry: calibration, sources of error and limitations.

Pharmacology of drugs used to treat asthma

Closing capacity: definition, clinical significance, and factors which alter it.

Anatomy of the trachea and bronchial tree

Cardiovascular effects of positive pressure ventilation

The effects of ageing on the respiratory system

Relationship of arterial carbon dioxide and alveolar ventilation

Pharmacology of drugs used to treat asthma: salbutamol vs. ipratropium bromide

Detection of hypoxia and response to hypoxia

Carriage of carbon dioxide in the blood

Difference between end tidal and arterial PCO₂

Dead space, its components and how you measure them

Oxygen-carrying capacity of blood and DO₂

Functional Residual capacity: what is it, and how is it measured?

Lung volumes and capacities

Effects of ventilation-perfusion mismatch on gas exchange

Difference between end tidal and arterial PCO₂

Respiratory compliance and the factors that affect it

Functional residual capacity: what happens if it is reduced by 1L

Differences between the systemic circulation and the pulmonary circulation

Structure and function of the lower airway

Diffusion of gases through the alveolar membrane

Factors which affect airway resistance

Factors which affect pulmonary vascular resistance and nitric oxide

Pharmacodynamics of drugs used to treat asthma

Structure and function of the alveolus

West's zones of the lung

Physiological effects of positive pressure ventilation in summary

Determinants of DO₂ and oxygen-carrying capacity of blood

Muscles involved in respiration - the diaphragm

Control of alveolar ventilation

Oxyhaemoglobin dissociation curve and the factors that may alter it.

Functional Residual capacity: what is it, and how is it measured?

The oxygen cascade

Carriage of carbon dioxide in the blood

Control of alveolar ventilation

Differences between haemoglobin and myoglobin

Pharmacology of oxygen

Pharmacodynamics of drugs used to treat asthma

Effects of ventilation-perfusion mismatch on gas exchange

Physiological effects of positive pressure ventilation in summary

Definition of lung compliance and its measurement

Cough reflex

Factors which affect airway resistance and how it is measured

Non-respiratory functions of the lung

Principles of pulse oximetry

Control of alveolar ventilation

The oxygen cascade

Pharmacology of CO₂: physiological consequences of hypercapnea

Structure and effects of lung surfactant

Humidification of the respiratory tract and methods of active humidification

Carriage of carbon dioxide and of oxygen in the blood

Diffusing capacity and its measurement

Carriage of carbon dioxide in the blood

Detection of hypoxia and response to hypoxia

Interpretation of lung function tests

Definition of lung compliance and its measurement

Pharmacology of inhaled pulmonary vasodilators

Muscles involved in respiration - the diaphragm

Oxygen storage in the human body: effects of pre-oxygenation

Physiological consequences of decreasing Functional Residual Capacity (FRC)

Physics of humidity and humidification in the normal respiratory tract

Muscles involved in respiration

Causes and physiological effects of hypoxaemia

Physiological consequences of increased dead space

Pharmacodynamics of drugs used to treat asthma

Factors which influence the respiratory rate and tidal volume

Physics of humidity and humidification in the normal respiratory tract

Factors which affect pulmonary vascular resistance

Gas exchange at altitude, and physiological adaptation to it.

The concepts of venous admixture and shunt

Factors which affect airway resistance

Physiological effects of positive pressure ventilation in summary

Difference between end tidal and arterial PCO₂

Pharmacology of oxygen

Wests zones, and characteristics of pulmonary blood vessels

Influence of morbid obesity on respiratory function

Factors which influence the respiratory rate and tidal volume

Effects of ventilation-perfusion mismatch on gas exchange

Principles of pulse oximetry

Pharmacodynamics of drugs used to treat asthma

Respiratory compliance and the factors that affect it