Bypass of the pulmonary capillaries by deoxygenated blood
A pulmonary shunt is the passage of deoxygenated blood from the right side of the heart to the left without participation in gas exchange in the pulmonary capillaries. It is a pathological condition that results when the alveoli of parts of the lungs are perfused with blood as normal, but ventilation (the supply of air) fails to supply the perfused region. In other words, the ventilation/perfusion ratio (the ratio of air reaching the alveoli to blood perfusing them) of those areas is zero.[1][clarification needed]
A pulmonary shunt often occurs when the alveoli fill with fluid, causing parts of the lung to be unventilated although they are still perfused.[2]
Intrapulmonary shunting is the main cause of hypoxemia (inadequate blood oxygen) in pulmonary edema and conditions such as pneumonia in which the lungs become consolidated.[2] The shunt fraction is the percentage of cardiac output that is not completely oxygenated.[clarification needed]
In pathological conditions such as pulmonary contusion, the shunt fraction is significantly greater[clarification needed] and even breathing 100% oxygen does not fully oxygenate the blood.[1]
Intrapulmonary shunt is specifically shunting where some of the blood flow through the lungs is not properly oxygenated. Other shunts may occur where venous and arterial blood mix but completely bypass the lungs (extrapulmonary shunt).[3]
^ abGaray S, Kamelar D (1989). "Pathophysiology of trauma-associated respiratory failure". In Hood RM, Boyd AD, Culliford AT (eds.). Thoracic Trauma. Philadelphia: Saunders. pp. 328–332. ISBN 0-7216-2353-0.
^ abFraser, Robert (1988). Diagnosis of Diseases of the Chest. Philadelphia: Saunders. p. 139. ISBN 0-7216-3870-8.
^"Intracardiac and Intrapulmonary Shunting". cmrc.com. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
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