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Comparison of work of breathing on high gas flow and demand valve continuous positive airway pressure systems. 1982

R T Gibney, and R S Wilson, and H Pontoppidan

Using on-line computer analysis, the work of breathing (WOB) was measured in ten normal subjects breathing through four continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) circuits. Two systems (Emerson ventilator) and MGH elastic loaded reservoir bag (ELRB) were high continuous flow systems and two (Puritan-Bennett MA-2 and Bourns Bear Ventilators) were demand valve circuits. Mean values for the WOB were similar with either of the two continuous high flow systems (Emerson 0.41 +/- .21 kg . m . L-1; ERLB 0.49 +/- .29 kg . m . min-1) and significantly lower than with the two demand valve systems (MA-2 0.89 +/- .40 kg . m . min-1; Bourns .71 +/- .30 kg . m . min-1).

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011175 Positive-Pressure Respiration A method of mechanical ventilation in which pressure is maintained to increase the volume of gas remaining in the lungs at the end of expiration, thus reducing the shunting of blood through the lungs and improving gas exchange. Positive End-Expiratory Pressure,Positive-Pressure Ventilation,End-Expiratory Pressure, Positive,End-Expiratory Pressures, Positive,Positive End Expiratory Pressure,Positive End-Expiratory Pressures,Positive Pressure Respiration,Positive Pressure Ventilation,Positive-Pressure Respirations,Positive-Pressure Ventilations,Pressure, Positive End-Expiratory,Pressures, Positive End-Expiratory,Respiration, Positive-Pressure,Respirations, Positive-Pressure,Ventilation, Positive-Pressure,Ventilations, Positive-Pressure
D003201 Computers Programmable electronic devices designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Calculators, Programmable,Computer Hardware,Computers, Digital,Hardware, Computer,Calculator, Programmable,Computer,Computer, Digital,Digital Computer,Digital Computers,Programmable Calculator,Programmable Calculators
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014939 Work of Breathing RESPIRATORY MUSCLE contraction during INHALATION. The work is accomplished in three phases: LUNG COMPLIANCE work, that required to expand the LUNGS against its elastic forces; tissue resistance work, that required to overcome the viscosity of the lung and chest wall structures; and AIRWAY RESISTANCE work, that required to overcome airway resistance during the movement of air into the lungs. Work of breathing does not refer to expiration, which is entirely a passive process caused by elastic recoil of the lung and chest cage. (Guyton, Textbook of Medical Physiology, 8th ed, p406) Breathing Work,Breathing Works

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