Oxygen transport in pulmonary capillaries.
- Author:
Zhaogao LUAN
1
;
Xiaoping TAN
;
Juemin PEI
Author Information
1. Biomedical Engineering Center, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Biological Transport;
physiology;
Capillaries;
physiology;
Humans;
Models, Biological;
Oxygen;
blood;
Partial Pressure;
Pulmonary Alveoli;
blood supply;
Pulmonary Circulation;
physiology;
Pulmonary Gas Exchange
- From:
Journal of Biomedical Engineering
2004;21(2):238-240
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Based on the principles of the sheet-flow model, oxygen transport in pulmonary capillaries was considered as a process in which oxygen first enters plasma through the respiratory membranes, and then combines with the Hbc. A novel mathematical model about oxygen transport in pulmonary capillaries was established according to the relationship of the oxygen concentration inside the red blood cells with the concentration of haemoglobin and the blood saturation, and according to the basic formula for the correlation between blood saturation and oxygen partial pressure. Furthermore, we adopted the Lax-Wendroff Finite Difference Method and obtained certain valuable results under different physiological states. It was well concluded that the established model could be used to provide useful data for medical researchers as well as doctors.
