DocumentCode
406477
Title
Engineering principles applied to mechanical ventilation
Author
Chatburn, Robert L.
Author_Institution
RRT-NPS, Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH, USA
Volume
1
fYear
2003
fDate
17-21 Sept. 2003
Firstpage
406
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2003. Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
ISSN
1094-687X
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7789-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.2003.1279689
Filename
1279689
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