| FEV1, | FEV1 forced expiratory volume in one second |
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| EHBF | estimated hepatic blood flow; exercise hyperemia blood flow; extrahepatic blood flow |
| MBF | medullary blood flow; muscle blood flow; myocardial blood flow |
| PBF | peripheral blod flow; placental blood flow; pulmonary blood flow |
| PEEP | positive end-expiratory pressure, peak end-expiratory pressure |
| low flow principle | A principle based on the observation that animals can survive prolonged vena caval occlusion without sequelae: if blood from the azygos vein alone is permitted to enter the heart, patients are perfused during cardiac and pulmonary bypass at flows much less than the normal resting cardiac output. Synonym: low flow principle. (05 Mar 2000) |
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