Respiratory Physiology

Diseases like asthma, pneumonia, obstructive lung diseases (COPD), tuberculosis, emphysema, respiratory infections, hay fever, and signs like cough, hemoptysis, stridor, hoarse voice cannot be diagnosed and managed until you understand the mechanisms of the respiratory systems.
This module contains some of the world's best respiratory mechanisms topics.
Refresh your learning about the anatomical and physiological dead spaces — the concepts of shunts, the type of shunts, and the mechanisms of pulmonary shunts.
Learn the definitions and calculations of various lung volumes and capacities. This understanding is paramount when looking at the pulmonary function tests (PFTs) for the patients undergoing surgeries, experiencing allergies, asthma, COPD, etc. Without knowing the PFTs inside out, one cannot differentiate and diagnose diseases that may need very different management approaches and have different prognosis.
Learn important types of breathing patterns like Cheyne-Stokes breathing, Kussmaul breathing, apneustic breathing, etc.
Learn the pressure dynamics during quiet and forced respiration. These dynamics are essential especially when managing assisted ventilation. 
Learn the mechanism and the difference between the positive pressure ventilation (PPV) and the positive end-expiratory pressure ventilation (PEEPV).
Learn the mechanism of pneumothorax.
Learn the atmospheric gas composition, the gas composition of the expired air from the lungs. And, the gas composition of the lungs in various diseases. This set of concepts is critical to help patients that are critically ill and are depending on you to help them fight.
Learn the mechanism of alveolar ventilation, blood gases, and measurement methods.
Learn the normal protective mechanisms of the lung surfaces that are disrupted by infections, allergies, and other pathologies.