The work of breathing of mechanically ventilated patients

Author

Fernando, Tyrone

Author_Institution

University of Western Australia

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

Oct. 30 1997-Nov. 2 1997

Firstpage

255

Lastpage

258

Abstract

An algorithm that estimates the patient and ventilator work components of mechanically ventilated patients is presented. The algorithm requires the continuous measurement of inspiratory airflow rate and mouth pressure and i t is suitable to be incorporated in ventilators for on-line estimation of patient and ventilator respiratory work.

Keywords

biomedical measurement; elasticity; flow measurement; medical signal processing; muscle; patient treatment; pneumodynamics; pressure measurement; breathing work; compliance; continuous measurement; inspiratory airflow rate; mechanically ventilated patients; mouth pressure; on-line estimation; patient respiratory work; respiratory muscle driving pressure; ventilator driving pressure; ventilator respiratory work; Differential equations; Humans; Immune system; Lungs; Mouth; Muscles; Phasor measurement units; Respiratory system; Shape; Volume relaxation; Work of breathing; airway resistance; alveolar pressure; compliance; respiratory muscle driving pressure; ventilator driving pressure;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1997. Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL, USA

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4262-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1997.754518

Filename

754518