Measuring rebreathing in spontaneous ventilation A new lung model Journal Articles

abstract

• SummaryThe performance of breathing systems is tested by means of physical lung models. We describe a new lung model, allowing direct measurement of the dead space/tidal volume ratios produced by any breathing system at different fresh gas flows. The model allows a range of different patterns of spontaneous respiration to be studied. Although rebreathing is measured by capnography, the design ensures that the results are unaffected by changes in carbon dioxide inflow, or even calibration drift in the capnograph.

authors

• COOK, LB
• WATT, S
• Peachey, Greg
• CHAKRABARTI, MK

status

• published 

publication date

• March 1996

has subject area

• 1103 Clinical Sciences (FoR)
• 1109 Neurosciences (FoR)
• Anesthesia, Closed-Circuit (MeSH)
• Anesthesiology (Science Metrix)
• Carbon Dioxide (MeSH)
• Equipment Design (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Lung (MeSH)
• Models, Anatomic (MeSH)
• Reproducibility of Results (MeSH)
• Respiratory Dead Space (MeSH)
• Tidal Volume (MeSH)

published in

• Anaesthesia  Journal

keywords

• Anesthesia, Closed-Circuit
• Carbon Dioxide
• Equipment Design
• Humans
• Lung
• Models, Anatomic
• Reproducibility of Results
• Respiratory Dead Space
• Tidal Volume

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb13641.x

PubMed ID

• 8712324

start page

• 241

end page

• 246

volume

• 51

issue

• 3