Joshua Sapkin, MD Associate Program Director LAC+USC Internal Medicine Residency Program.
1 CO 2 Physiology. 2 What is Carbon Dioxide? Capnos comes from the Greek word for “smoke” –smoke from the fire of metabolism –a natural waste product.
Peripheral Chemoreceptor Responsiveness and Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction Tyler J. Albert, M.D. Senior Medical Resident Chief of Medicine Rounds November.
Pediatric Respiratory Physiology Drs. Greg and Joy Loy Gordon February 2005.
Pulmonary Pathophysiology. Histology of the lung Respiratory epithelium Connective tissue fibers, and cartilage: support and maintain open air way Alveolar.
Hypercarbia and Hypoxemia 11.7.11. What happens to our cells if we don’t get enough O 2 ?