PG12 New insights in gas exchange: physiological aspects and clinical application

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: M.R. Bonsignore (Palermo, Italy), W. Zin (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)
Aims: This course will provide participants with an overview of the physiological basis of gas exchange and the application of SaO2 and CO2 monitoring in clinical practice.
HERMES LINKS
ADULT: A.1 Structure and function of the respiratory system, D.1 Pulmonary function testing.

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Educational Material

Handout PG12 Open

Reading list PG12 Open

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Oxygenation: how to measure it C. Evans (Cambridge, United Kingdom), P. Saha (London, United Kingdom)
Capnography: physiology C. Domingo (Sabadell, Spain)
Capnography monitoring in long-term domiciliary NIV J-P. Janssens (Geneva, Switzerland)
Oxygen delivery and monitoring in acute lung injury L. Brochard (Geneva, Switzerland)