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What's Inside (11 Sections)

#	Section	Highlights
1	Overview & Anatomy	Weibel model (23 airway generations), conducting vs respiratory zones, alveolar architecture, lung lobes
2	Lung Volumes & Capacities	Full table with TV, IRV, ERV, RV, TLC, VC, FRC, FEV1, FVC + obstructive vs restrictive patterns
3	Mechanics of Breathing	Compliance, airway resistance (Poiseuille's Law), work of breathing, surfactant and Laplace's Law
4	Ventilation & Dead Space	Minute ventilation, alveolar ventilation, Bohr equation, alveolar gas equation with worked values
5	Pulmonary Circulation	Pulmonary vs systemic pressures, hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV), West's Zones 1-3
6	Gas Exchange & Diffusion	Fick's Law, DLCO, causes of hypoxaemia table (shunt vs V/Q mismatch vs diffusion)
7	O2 & CO2 Transport	O2 content formula, oxyhaemoglobin dissociation curve (right/left shifts, Bohr effect), CO2 transport forms, Haldane effect
8	Control of Breathing	Medullary/pontine centers, central vs peripheral chemoreceptors, hypoxic drive in COPD
9	V/Q Relationships	V/Q = 0 (shunt) vs V/Q = ∞ (dead space), vertical V/Q gradient in upright lung
10	Common Diseases	Asthma, COPD, ILD, pneumonia, PE, pneumothorax, pleural effusion, ARDS
11	Clinical Reference	ABG normal ranges, ABG interpretation framework, compensation rules, key equations quick-reference

Sources: Murray & Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine - Medical Physiology (Boron & Boulpaep) - Guyton & Hall Medical Physiology

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