A Laboratory for Environmental Physiology.
Abstract
This document describes: (1) the new laboratory facility, with its high pressure chamber, submergence basin, and man rated centrifuge; (2) a number of new methods, which were found useful in studying cardiovascular and pulmonary function; (3) results of investigations dealing with alveolar gas exchange, examining various facets of O2, CO2, and N2 exchange, as well as transfer of inert tracer gases; (4) interaction between convection and diffusion in respiratory gas exchange, with particular emphasis on the problems of diffusion of the inspired gas bolus in the pre-existing alveolar gas; (5) tissue gas exchange; (6) resorption of gas bubbles from tissues and from blood; (7) physiology of exercise, including work done on swimmers, on subjects breathing a gas denser than air at sea level; (8) effects of temperature on acid-base balance; (9) description of a new physical model, the avian egg shell, admirably suited to the study of gas diffusion in abnormal environments; and (10) the regulation of respiration in animals and man.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 10, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA054408
Entities
People
- L. E. Farhi
Organizations
- University at Buffalo