• DocumentCode
    1223796
  • Title

    Airway Flow Patterns During Mechanical Ventilation of Infants: A Mathematical Model

  • Author

    Epstein, Mary Anne Farrell ; Epstein, Ralph A.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1979
  • fDate
    5/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    299
  • Lastpage
    306
  • Abstract
    A mathematical model of flow in a patient-ventilator system is developed. The model is solved for conditions which simulate those which occur during mechanical ventilation of the small infant with lung disease.
  • Keywords
    Biomedical measurements; Diseases; Electrical resistance measurement; Esophagus; Immune system; Lungs; Mathematical model; Mechanical factors; Pediatrics; Ventilation; Airway Resistance; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Lung; Lung Compliance; Mathematics; Models, Biological; Pulmonary Ventilation; Respiration, Artificial; Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9294
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TBME.1979.326407
  • Filename
    4123051
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1223796