Assessment of ventilation--perfusion inequalities by arterial--alveolar nitrogen differences in intensive-care patients

MeSH terms

• Cardiac Output
• Heart Atria
• Heart Ventricles
• Humans
• Intensive Care Units
• Nitrogen* / blood
• Oxygen / blood
• Pulmonary Alveoli*
• Pulmonary Atelectasis / physiopathology
• Respiratory Insufficiency / physiopathology*
• Vena Cava, Inferior
• Vena Cava, Superior
• Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio*