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“There’s so much pollution in the air now that if it weren’t for our lungs, there’d be no place to put it all.”
—Robert Orben
“Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.”
—Moshe Dayan
“Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.”
—L. Frank Baum
“Life is not the amount of breaths you take; it’s the moments that take your breath away.”
—Will Smith, Hitch
Group key respiratory, cardiovascular, and renal concepts together for study whenever possible. Know obstructive vs restrictive lung disorders, Vj/Qj mismatch, lung volumes, mechanics of respiration, and hemoglobin physiology. Lung cancers and other causes of lung masses are high yield. Be comfortable reading basic chest X-rays, CT scans, and PFTs.