Both are from Phil Crooke, PhD at Vanderbilt, in conjunction with
John Marini, MD and John Hotchkiss, MD at Regions Medical Center in St. Paul, MN and the University of Minnesota.

Novametrix Respiratory Mechanics Handbook - a commercial site, but has nice information on flow volume loops and some ventilator setting guidelines

IngMar Medical, Ltd - a company that makes portable lung simulator machines.

Interactive Pulmonary Physiology Tutorial - from Johns Hopkins Medical School - a very nice tutorial.

Pulmonary Physiology - a site from Canada on pulmonary physiology. It looks as though it is still under construction but it has some very nice features

Acid-Base Balance: Practical Considerations - from Tulane University School of Medicine

Acid-Base Program - another Java program - this one shows dynamic relationships between pH, pCO2 and HCO3-, from Australia

The Four Most Important Equations in Clinical Practice - from Lawrence Martin, MD, FACP, FCCP, Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Cleveland. Includes the pCO2 equation, Henderson-Hasselbach, Alveolar Gas Equation and Oxygen Content. (Memorize this for CC boards.)

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