A sigmoidal fit for pressure-volume curves of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients on mechanical ventilation: clinical implications

A sigmoidal fit for pressure-volume curves of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients on mechanical ventilation: clinical implications

OBJECTIVE: Respiratory pressure-volume curves fitted to exponential equations have been used to assess disease severity and prognosis in spontaneously breathing patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Sigmoidal equations have been used to fit pressure-volume curves for mechanically ventilated p...

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Main Authors: Juliana C. Ferreira, Fabio E. M. Benseñor, Marcelo J. J. Rocha, Joao M. Salge, R. Scott Harris, Atul Malhotra, Ronaldo A. Kairalla, Robert M. Kacmarek, Carlos R. R. Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2011-01-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
Lung mechanics
Lung volume measurements
Respiration artificial
Respiratory mechanics
Respiratory physiology
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322011000700006

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