What these tiny sacs in the lungs do and conditions that can affect them Medically reviewed by Susan Russell, MD Alveoli are tiny, balloon-shaped air sacs located at the end of the bronchioles, the ...

The abnormal accumulation of extravascular fluid, pulmonary edema settles in the lung interstitium and alveoli. There, it ...

It is concluded that the obligatory hypoventilation necessary to restore depleted body CO 2 stores may result in hypoxia in the first hour after operation. The importance of this subtle and short ...

either at the level of the alveoli or the muscle microvasculature. In the lung, the ability to maintain arterial oxyhaemoglobin saturation (SaO 2) appears to be a primary factor, ultimately ...