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Gregory J. Dyer, DNP, AGACNP-BC, manages postoperative cardiac surgical patients in an intensive care unit in Berkeley, California. He worked as an intensive care respiratory therapist before completing his BSN at Eastern Kentucky University and his doctoral training at Western Kentucky University. In addition to teaching physiology to allied health students, Dyer contributes to Biology Insights.

What Is a Pulmonary Shunt and How Does It Affect Oxygen?Heart & Lungs
When to Use a Pediatric Ventilator Circuit Kids
Where Are Minerals Absorbed in the Digestive System?Gut & Kidney
What Causes an Air Leak in a Chest Tube?Heart & Lungs
What Is Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty?Procedures
When to Clamp a Chest Tube and When Not To Procedures
Why Does the Aortic Valve Close Before the Pulmonic?Heart & Lungs
How Long Does a BRTO Procedure Take?Procedures
How to Treat Respiratory Acidosis Heart & Lungs
How to Remove a Chest Tube: Step-by-Step Process Procedures
How Does Tight Lacing Affect the Digestive System?Gut & Kidney
What Does Whispered Pectoriloquy Indicate?Tests
Does Progesterone Slow Digestion?Hormones
What Does “Riding the Vent” Mean in Critical Care?Procedures
What Is a Double-Lumen Bronchoscope (DLB) Procedure?Procedures
What Is Heaving? The Physiology of the Retching Reflex Biology
What Is Pressure Support Ventilation (PSV)?Heart & Lungs
How to Read a Ventilator: Modes, Readings, and Alarms Heart & Lungs
What Is Volume Control Ventilation and How Does It Work?Heart & Lungs
What Do Distant Heart Sounds Mean?Heart & Lungs
Why Does a Heart Murmur Get Louder When Lying Down?Heart & Lungs
How to Properly Auscultate the Abdomen Tests
How Does Tension Pneumothorax Cause Obstructive Shock?Heart & Lungs
Why Does Aspirin Cause GI Bleeding?Drugs
How to Read and Interpret Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs)Tests
Do Beta Blockers Decrease Cardiac Output?Heart & Lungs
Why Do Steroids Cause Bradycardia?Drugs
How Are Effective Oxygenation and Ventilation Assessed?Tests
How to Increase Systemic Vascular Resistance (SVR)Heart & Lungs
How to Correct Respiratory Alkalosis Heart & Lungs