KROK 1 2011 – Question 78 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
When measuring power inputs of a man by the method of indirect calorimetry the following results were obtained: 1000 ml oxygen consumption and 800 ml carbon dioxide liberation per minute. The man under examination has the following respiratory coefficient:
- A. 0,8
- B. 0,9
- C. 0,84
- D. 1,0
- E. 1,25
Hint
Use the definition of the respiratory coefficient as a ratio of two gas volumes, and take care over which gas stands in the numerator.
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