A tidal ventilation model for oxygenation in respiratory failure.

We develop tidal-ventilation pulmonary gas-exchange equations that allow pulmonary shunt to have different values during expiration and inspiration, in accordance with lung collapse and recruitment during lung dysfunction (Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 158 (1998) 1636). Their solutions are tested a...

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Main Authors: Whiteley, J, Farmery, A, Gavaghan, D, Hahn, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2003