Episode 66: Compliance & Resistance

This is an AI generated podcast of Tonya Piehl's lecture notes. These texts discuss the mechanical properties of the lungs, specifically focusing on compliance and resistance. Compliance measures the ease with which the lungs expand, explaining that low compliance makes expansion difficult while high compliance hinders exhalation; both can impair gas exchange. The texts differentiate between dynamic and static compliance, explaining how they are measured and what factors influence each, including airway resistance in the dynamic measurement. Resistance refers to the forces opposing airflow into the lungs, primarily airway resistance, and the texts detail factors influencing it and how it is calculated. Finally, the relationship between these measurements and work of breathing is highlighted, along with common conditions affecting compliance and resistance.