Author: Nigel P F X Harrison / Editor: Adrian Boyle / Reviewer: James Ward / Codes: A2, PP2, R1 / Published: 08/10/2018
Before commencing this session you should:
- Have an appreciation of some common pathological conditions and the manner in which they affect the carriage of gases and thus the normal physiological equilibrium of the body
Description:
This session will familiarise you with the important aspects of the transport and exchange of carbon dioxide.
After completing this session you will be able to:
- Explain the transport of carbon dioxide in blood
- Recognise the modalities of carriage of carbon dioxide in blood including the Haldane effect
- Explain the pulmonary influences on acid-base homeostasis and processes that destabilise the normal equilibrium in clinical disease
- Identify the effect of hypercarbia and hypocarbia in symptomatology and disease
- Apply the important equations involving carbon dioxide in biological structures
References:
- Guyton AC, Hall JE. Textbook of Medical Physiology. WB Saunders Company, 2000.
- Geers C, Gros G. Carbon dioxide transport and carbonic anhydrase in blood and muscle. Physiol Rev 2000;80:681-715. View abstract
- Ward J, Clark, R et al. Physiology at a Glance. Wiley Blackwell, 2000.
- West JB. Respiratory Physiology, the Essentials. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2000.
- Wilson I, editor. Update in anaesthesia: respiratory physiology. 12:11, Publications Committee WFSA, UK, 2000.
