Essays on Respiratory System

The aim of Station 5 laboratory is to observe the effects of changes in breathing pattern on blood gas tensions using the MacPuf programme. In order to do so we examined 6 variables: alveolar oxygen pressure, arterial oxygen pressure, arterial oxygen saturation, arterial oxygen content,...

Whilst it has been estimated that within the most recent two decades there has been an increase of over 300% in food related anaphylaxis hospital admissions and a 200% increase in non-food related anaphylaxis hospital admissions, anaphylaxis is still proportionately under-diagnosed and under-treated in both...

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is when mucus in the lungs is thicker and stickier than normal making it harder to breathe. CF occurs when there are two defective copies of the gene responsible for cystic fibrosis, one from each parent. [1] Cystic Fibrosis is a disease...

Respiratory diseases is considered as one of the most serious problems that causes great losses in calves. Multiple pathogens are identified as causative agents to such diseases condition. Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida, Mycoplasma spp., Histophilus somni (H. somni), and Arcanobacterium (A.) pyogenes are known as...