Friday, April 1, 2011

April Fool's Day Lecture

Allan

glucocorticoid side effects are also called exogenous Cushing's syndrome
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000389.htm

Morales

Savitch
lung surface area of adults = 140 square meters (tennis court) (not football field which is 5000 sq. m)

good website on fetal circulation:
http://www.indiana.edu/~anat550/cvanim/fetcirc/fetcirc.html

IRDS grunting is a way of increasing airway and alveolar pressure "auto PEEPing"  PEEP = positive end expiratory pressure.

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