RT Book, Section
A1 Grychtol, Ruth
A1 Wallis, Colin
A2 Kline, Mark W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182915233
T1 The Clinical Presentation of Respiratory Illness
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259588594
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182915233
RD 2024/04/23
AB The  primary  function  of  the  respiratory  system  is  to  provide  adequate  and  adaptive  gas  exchange  with  a  supply  of  oxygen  to  the  body  and  removal  of  carbon  dioxide.  Illness  can  disturb  this  function  by  affecting  1  or  more  of  the  following:  the  central  control  of  breathing,  the  respiratory  pump  comprising  the  chest  cage  and  respiratory  muscles,  the  small  and  large  airways,  and  the  pulmonary  parenchyma.  Nonrespiratory  functions  of  the  lung  include  production  and  regulation  of  surfactant,  defense  against  infections,  effective  mucociliary  clearance,  participation  in  water  and  fluid  balances,  filtering  of  blood  cells  and  emboli,  and  elimination  of  volatile  substances.