{"id":9744,"date":"2026-02-25T13:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/respiratory-therapy-airflow-dynamics\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T13:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:52:10","slug":"respiratory-therapy-airflow-dynamics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/respiratory-therapy-airflow-dynamics\/","title":{"rendered":"Respiratory Therapy Airflow Dynamics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Airflow Basics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Airflow depends on pressure differences between the atmosphere and lungs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Airway Resistance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Resistance increases with narrowed airways or increased secretions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Laminar Flow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Air moves smoothly in small airways under normal conditions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Turbulent Flow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Large airways often produce turbulent flow which increases resistance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flow Measurement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Peak flow and spirometry help evaluate airway function.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/respiratory-therapy-lab-skills\">Respiratory Therapy Lab Skills<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/respiratory-therapy-equipment-basics\">Respiratory Therapy Equipment Basics<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/respiratory-therapy-patient-assessment\">Respiratory Therapy Patient Assessment<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Airflow Basics Airflow depends on pressure differences between the atmosphere and lungs. Airway Resistance Resistance increases with narrowed airways or increased secretions. Laminar Flow Air moves smoothly in small airways under normal conditions. Turbulent Flow Large airways often produce turbulent flow which increases resistance. Flow Measurement Peak flow and spirometry help evaluate airway function. Related [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[37,36,35],"class_list":["post-9744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-respiratory-therapy","tag-respiratory-therapist","tag-respiratory-therapy","tag-rt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9777,"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9744\/revisions\/9777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}