Pathophysiology of Intrapulmonary Right-to-Left Shunt in Infants With Obstructive Apnea Denis A. Cozzi, MD, Silvia Ceccanti, MD CHEST Volume 144, Issue 1, Pages 360-361 (July 2013) DOI: 10.1378/chest.13-0566 Copyright © 2013 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 In 32 infants with esophageal atresia, 14 with Pierre Robin syndrome, and 11 with congenital nasal obstruction, increasing Fio2 to relieve hypoxemia results in a large A-aO2 difference. A-aO2 = alveolar-arterial oxygen. CHEST 2013 144, 360-361DOI: (10.1378/chest.13-0566) Copyright © 2013 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions