Errata

0-397-51464-6	Medicine, 4th Edition
			Fishman, Hoffman, Klausner, Thaler
			Lippencott-Raven

Page 110 (Digital book outline level 14.2; 4th paragraph)— “…hypoxemia. Initially, this occurs because vascular obstruction has diverted "excess" blood toward previously normal areas of the lung (ie, low V/Q units) and later, as a result of ischemic atelectasis.”
There should be a “•” directly above the “V” and the “Q”.

Page 121 (Digital book outline level 16; 1st paragraph)— “Hypoxemic respiratory failure occurs when a combination of low ventilation (V) to perfusion (Q) ratio (V/Q) units and an elevated right-to-left shunt fraction…”.
In each instance, There should be a “•” directly above the “V” and the “Q”.

Page 123 (Digital book outline level 16.2.1.3; 4th paragraph)— “Before each change, SaO2, cardiac output (Qt), mixed venous O2 saturation (SV¯¯O2), and static lung compliance (Cstat) should be checked. PEEP may decrease cardiac output and decrease systemic O2 delivery (DO2 = CaO2 x Qt). The goals of therapy are to maximize DO2 at a nontoxic”.  
In each instance, there should be a “•” directly above the “Q” or “D”.  The “—” should be directly above the “V”.

Page 124 (Digital book outline level 16.2.1.3; 7th paragraph)— “…repositioning the patient to the prone position, which may improve V/Q matching”. 
There should be a “•” directly above the “V” and the “Q”.

Page 124 (Digital book outline level 16.2.1.4; #1)— In each instance, there should be a “•” should be directly above the “Q”.

Page 126 (Digital book outline level 16.3.2.2; #3)— In each instance, the “—” should be directly over the “E”.