For a Given Minute Ventilation,partial Pressure of End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide

question 25

Multiple Choice

For a given minute ventilation,partial pressure of end-tidal carbon dioxide (PetCO₂) is a function of which of the following?
1) Metabolic rate
2) Cardiac output
3) Alveolar deadspace
4) Physiologic shunt

• A) 1 and 3 only
• B) 1,2,and 3 only
• C) 2,3 and 4 only
• D) 1,2,3,and 4

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