• 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