Cardiopulmonary Anatomy & Physiology
Cardiopulmonary Anatomy & Physiology
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ISBN: 9781337794909
Author: Des Jardins, Terry.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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As a result of the hyperinflation, the patient's work of breathing increased because her lungs were inflated to the very top of their pressure- volume curve. As the pressure-volume curve illustrates, lung compliance is very (high __________; low_______) on the upper, flat portion of the pressure-volume curve.

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