alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient

alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient
the difference between the predicted alveolar oxygen tension (PAO2) and the measured arterial oxygen tension (PO2); it is elevated in pulmonary conditions in which there is impaired gas exchange.

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