Wednesday, 7 November 2012

Individual in lateral position


In an awake, healthy individual assuming the lateral position the 

(a) dependent lung has less ventilation
(b) dependent lung has more perfusion
(c) V_ /Q_ ratio is higher in the dependent lung
(d) PO2 is higher in the lower lung
(e) PaCO2 is lower in the lower lung


(a) false (b) true (c) false (d) true (e) true

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