🎰 PULMONARY SLOT MACHINE 🎰
Will your gas make it across?
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🧠 Your Challenge

1. Which Fick variable(s) are affected: D, A, ΔP, or T?
2. What happens to overall diffusion rate?
3. What happens to DLCO?
4. Is O₂ more or less likely to equilibrate by the end of the capillary?
5. Is the limiting problem diffusion or perfusion?
6. Explain your reasoning in one sentence.

📚 Answers & Reasoning

Built from the lecture's Fick's law, diffusion capacity, perfusion-vs-diffusion limitation, DLCO measurement, and variables affecting DLCO.