Tag: PAH

  • Pulmonary Embolism

    Pulmonary Embolism

    * The respiratory impact is complex, often resulting to hypoxia without carbon dioxide retention. Both there is a dead space effect (broken not perfused areas) and increased physiological shunt. This is explained by the persistence of blood flow in embolized areas and the opening of latent anastomoses under the effect of PAH. * Objective arterial…