Title :
Engineering principles applied to mechanical ventilation
Author :
Chatburn, Robert L.
Author_Institution :
RRT-NPS, Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH, USA
Abstract :
Mechanical ventilators can be understood in terms of simple physical models that have electrical analogs. These models provide the basis for designing and classifying ventilators as well as understanding ventilator-patient interactions.
Keywords :
biomechanics; physiological models; pneumodynamics; electrical analogs; mechanical ventilation; mechanical ventilators; respiratory models; ventilator-patient interactions; Circuits; Computer displays; Computerized monitoring; Frequency; Hospitals; Lungs; Mouth; Nose; Patient monitoring; Ventilation;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2003. Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7789-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2003.1279689
