Measurement of Residual Lung Capacities and Ventilatory Efficiency by the Nitrogen Clearance Method

Author

Elizabeth Roorbach

Publication Date

6-3-1954

Abstract

Essential to an understanding of the behavior of the lung is a knowledge of its total gas capacity and those fractions of it which are utilized in the process of normal breathing. Only when these volumes are known, it is possible to make an appraisal of the efficiency of the pulmonary ventilation in maintaining physiologically adequate levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the alveolar spaces with a minimum of ventilatory effort.

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Biology

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

UNM Biology Department

First Committee Member (Chair)

Willburn J. Eversole

Second Committee Member

Martin W. Fleck

Third Committee Member

Clayton S. White

Recommended Citation

Roorbach, Elizabeth. "Measurement of Residual Lung Capacities and Ventilatory Efficiency by the Nitrogen Clearance Method." (1954). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/biol_etds/229