Tracking respiratory mechanics around natural breathing rates via variable ventilation

Biologically variable ventilation improves oxygenation and respiratory mechanics during one-lung ventilation.

BACKGROUND Hypoxemia is common during one-lung ventilation (OLV). Atelectasis contributes to the problem. Biologically variable ventilation (BVV), using microprocessors to reinstitute physiologic variability to respiratory rate and tidal volume, has been shown to be advantageous over conventional monotonous control mode ventilation (CMV) in improving oxygenation during the period of lung reinfl...

The Fluid Mechanics of Natural Ventilation

Natural ventilation of buildings is the flow generated by temperature differences and by the wind. The governing feature of this flow is the exchange between an interior space and the external ambient. Although the wind may often appear to be the dominant driving mechanism, in many circumstances temperature variations play a controlling feature on the ventilation since the directional buoyancy ...

Increased Natural Ventilation Flow Rates through Ventilation Shafts

Buoyancy-driven natural ventilation in ventilation shafts is investigated with a small scale physical experiment within a duct and CFD simulations of an office building. For a fixed exhaust opening, smaller shafts lead to higher flow rates in upper floors of a multi-story building with a shared ventilation shaft. These higher flow rates are caused by increased vertical momentum within the small...

Differential Consequences of Unilateral Nasal Air-Puff Stimulation on Breathing Pattern and Respiratory System Mechanics in Tracheotomized Rats

Effects of tracheotomy on respiratory mechanics in spontaneously breathing patients.

Tracheotomy is a method of intubating the trachea, which is employed in several clinical settings, including the treatment of head and neck neoplasms. Tracheotomy is believed to facilitate weaning through changes in respiratory mechanics. Existing information concerning functional changes associated with tracheotomy are limited to comparisons with orotracheal intubation. In this study, respirat...