72326-2
Arterial blood Functional shunt volume
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LP65279-9 Functional shunt volume
FShunt is an estimate of the fraction of the venous return that bypasses the pulmonary circulation and/or is not oxygenated during passage through the pulmonary capillaries (pc), that is, the ratio between the shunted cardiac output and the total cardiac output:
FShunt = (ctO2[pc] - ctO2[a])/(ctO2[pc] - ctO2[v]) where [pc]= pulmonary capillaries, [a] = arterial blood, [v] = mixed venous blood
If no mixed venous sample is measured, FShunt is estimated by assuming the arteriovenous difference to be 2.3 mmol/L.
In the absence of extrapulmonal shunting, FShunt provides information about the intrapulmonary component of hypoxemia. A high FShunt indicates pathological pulmonary mismatch between ventilation and perfusion, e.g., perfusion of non-ventilated areas (atelectases) and/or increased ventilation-perfusion scatter.
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, FShunt (The Deep Picture)
Fully-Specified Name
- Component
- Functional shunt volume
- Property
- VFr
- Time
- Pt
- System
- BldA
- Scale
- Qn
- Method
Additional Names
- Long Common Name
- Arterial blood Functional shunt volume
- Short Name
- BldA Fshunt vol VFr
Basic Attributes
- Class
- HEMODYN.MOLEC
- Type
- Clinical
- First Released
- Version 2.42
- Last Updated
- Version 2.73 (MIN)
- Order vs. Observation
- Observation
- Common Test Rank Get Info
- 17348
Formula (Readable)
FShunt = [1+([ctO2(a) - ctO2(mv)]/[ctO2(A) - ctO2(a)])]^-1 where ctO2(a) = total oxygen in arterial bld; ctO2(A) = total oxygen in alveolar bld; and ctO2(mv) = total oxygen in mixed venous bld
Language Variants Get Info
Tag | Language | Translation |
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de-AT | German (Austria) | Synonyms: Shunt-Vol. fkt. art. |
el-GR | Greek (Greece) | Όγκος λειτουργικής παροχέτευσης: Synonyms: VFr Όγκος Όγκος λειτουργικής παροχέτευσης |
es-MX | Spanish (Mexico) | Volumen de derivación funcional: |
fr-FR | French (France) | Volume dérivation fonctionnelle: |
it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Shunt funzionale, volume: Synonyms: Emodinamica - molecolare Frazione di Volume Punto nel tempo (episodio) Sangue arterioso Volume di shunt funzionale |
ru-RU | Russian (Russian Federation) | Функциональный шунт объём: Synonyms: Количественный Кровь артериальная Объём функционального шунта Объемная фракция Точка во времени; |
zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 功能分流体积: Synonyms: 功能性分流体积 动脉血 可用数量表示的; |
Example Units
Unit | Source |
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% | Example UCUM Units |
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