Pulmonary mechanics
Prediction of high airway pressure using a non-linear autoregressive model of pulmonary mechanics
... patient-specific pulmonary mechanics and aid determination of optimal ventilator settings for each patient ...respiratory mechanics [15, 16]. The model uses basis functions to capture ...
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Pulmonary Mechanics in Preterm Neonates With Respiratory Failure Treated With High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation Compared With Conventional Mechanical Ventilation
... We used the opportunity of the clinical trial of HFOV at our center to determine sequential changes in pulmonary mechanics during the acute phase of respiratory disease (the first 4 week[r] ...
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Effects of Early Dexamethasone Therapy on Pulmonary Mechanics and Chronic Lung Disease in Very Low Birth Weight Infants: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
... Disease in Very Low Birth Weight Infants: A Randomized, Controlled Trial Effects of Early Dexamethasone Therapy on Pulmonary Mechanics and Chronic Lung. http://pediatrics.aappublications[r] ...
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Surfactant application during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation improves lung volume and pulmonary mechanics in children with respiratory failure
... We found that surfactant application in children with respira- tory failure treated with ECMO was associated with improved lung volume and pulmonary mechanics within 10 h. Tidal vol- ume and Crs improved ...
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Pulmonary Mechanics during Pregnancy
... Measurements of lung compliance C L and total pulmonary resistance R L were made in 10 women in the last trimester of pregnancy and 2 months postpartum, employing an esophageal balloon a[r] ...
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THE EFFECTS OF THERAPY ON PULMONARY MECHANICS IN HUMAN PULMONARY EDEMA
... The pneophore valve set for peak expiratory pressures of 15 to 20 cm of present report deals with the effects of morphine, was water and was adjusted to the highest levels which could am[r] ...
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Interrelation between Alterations in Pulmonary Mechanics and hemodynamics in Acute Myocardial Infarction
... abnormally high values of pulmonary artery pressure, “wedge” pressure and pulmonary extravascular water volume. All of these patients recovered. Initially, R T at resonance was 50% and R T at 3 cycle/s was ...
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Pulmonary Mechanics and the Work of Breathing in the Semi Aquatic Turtle, Pseudemys Scripta
... As pump frequency increases, the work required to inflate the multicameral lungs of the turtle begins to contribute an increasing portion to the total mechanical work required to produce[r] ...
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Cardiac output estimation using pulmonary mechanics in mechanically ventilated patients
... of PEEP on oxygenation offsets the detrimental effect of a CO drop on oxygenation. The model this paper presents has some limitations that must also be discussed. The first major limitation is the lack of complete ...
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Continuous Skeletal Muscle Paralysis: Effect on Neonatal Pulmonary Mechanics
... For the 48 hours preceding the discontin- uation of skeletal muscle paralysis, the data dem- onstrate a significant reduction in minute yen- tilation and dynamic compliance and progressi[r] ...
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Pulmonary Mechanics and the Work of Breathing in the Lizard, Gekko Gecko
... Static compliances of both isolated lungs and intact respiratory systems have been reported for a few species Jackson, 1971; Cragg, 1978; Gratz, 1978; Hughes & Vergara, 1978; Perry & Dun[r] ...
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Neonatal Pulmonary Mechanics and Oxygenation After Prophylactic Amnioinfusion in Labor: A Randomized Clinical Trial
... We evaluated 42 infants (22 in the amnioinfusion group and 20 in the control group) born to mothers enrolled in a prospective, randomized trial of amnioinfusion at Los Angeles County and[r] ...
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Pulmonary mechanics by spectral analysis of forced random noise
... The magnitude Zrs and phase angle thetars of the total respiratory impedance Zrs, from 3 to 45 Hz, were rapidly obtained by a modification of the forced oscillation method, in which a ra[r] ...
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Some Effects of Respiratory Frequency on Pulmonary Mechanics
... Total thoracic time constants chest wall compliances and resistances presented RTCT have been reported by McIlroy, Tierney, here follow the prediction of Otis and co-workers and Nadel 15[r] ...
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Neck and Body Position Effects on Pulmonary Mechanics in Infants
... Fig 1. Effect of body and neck position on pulmonary resistance in 30 former preterm infants. Neck flexion increased pulmonary resistance in both supine and semi- sitting positions. In a[r] ...
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PULMONARY MECHANICS IN ASTHMA AND CYSTIC FIBROSIS
... Maxinlum expiratory flow rates on flow- volume curves are often decreased below normal linmit.s in children with asthma or cystic fibrosis who are clini-.. cally vell and whose standard [r] ...
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The Interrelationship Between Pulmonary Mechanics and the Spontaneous Breathing Pattern in the Tokay Lizard, Gekko Gecko
... Values of respiratory variables and parameters during resting ventilation in the Tokay gecko at various temperatures 24°C Tidal volume VT Ventilation frequency f Minute ventilation VE Br[r] ...
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CARBON DIOXIDE AND THE WORK OF BREATHING
... To summarize, analyses of variance showed that the models described were highly significantly related p < 0.01 to the parameters of pulmonary mechanics.- The joint effects of pCO2 and In[r] ...
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Ibuprofen-Induced Patent Ductus Arteriosus Closure: Physiologic, Histologic, and Biochemical Effects on the Premature Lung
... lower pulmonary/systemic flow ratio, higher systemic blood pressure, and lower left ven- tricular end diastolic diameter, compared with the control ...improved pulmonary mechanics in ...
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Pulmonary Effect of Inhaled Furosemide in Ventilated Infants With Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
... We conclude from this preliminary study that a single dose of inhaled furosemide (1 mg/kg) given to ventilator-dependent infants with severe BPD does not improve pulmonary mechanics. We speculate that a ...
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