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NUR 2206 ( LATEST 2024 / 2025 ) OXYGENATION | GRADED A+ | PASSED | NEW FULL EXAM ACTUAL
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NUR 2206 Oxygenation1. Ventilation
Answer
- Inspiration and Expiration
DETERMINED BY
- Compliance
- Airway resistance
- Accessory muscles
- Force of exhalation
- Increased CO2 in arterial blood (PaCO2)
- Decreased PaCO2 also influences inspiration to a lesser degree
2. Compliance
Answer
Stretch ability of lungs and alveolar sacs
3. Diffusion
Answer
Movement of O2 an CO2 between alveoli and capillaries (from higher pressure to lower
pressure)
4. Perfusion
Answer
Delivery of oxygenated blood to body tissues
NEED
- Adequate pulmonary circulation
- Adequate hemoglobin to carry O2
- Adequate cardiac output to transport blood to body tissues
5. Atelectasis
, Answer
A complete or partial collapse of a lung or lobe of a lung
6. Surfactant
Answer
- Mixture of lipids and proteins which is secreted into the alveolar space
- Main function of surfactant is to lower the surface tension at the air/liquid interface within the
alveoli of the lung
- Does not arrive until 34-36 weeks in infants
7. Oxygen transport is affected by...
Answer
- Amount of O2 entering lungs (ventilation)
- Pulmonary circulation
- Adequacy of diffusion
- Amount of hemoglobin to carry O2
- Cardiac output to transport blood to body tissues
- Peripheral circulation
** Problems with ventilation, diffusion, or perfusion lead to hypoxia
8. Hypoxia
Answer
- Inadequate amount of O2 available to cells
- Problems with ventilation, diffusion, or perfusion lead to hypoxia
ACUTE HYPOXIA
- Changes in skin color - ex
cyanosis (bluing of the skin)
- Cough
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