Sensitivity of CO2 washout to changes in acinar structure in a single-path model of lung airways

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 679-697

  Schwardt, Jeffrey D ^a   Gobran, Sherif R ^a,b   Neufeld, Gordon R ^a,b   Aukburg, Stanley J ^a   Scherer, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Diffusion; Numerical model; Phase III slope; Pulmonary gas exchange

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING - ANESTHESIA; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACINAR STRUCTURE; CONVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; LUNG AIRWAYS; PULMONARY BLOODFLOW DISTRIBUTION; SINGLE-PATH MODEL;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MODEL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIFFUSION; HISTOLOGY; LUNG; MATHEMATICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; LUNG; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026357425     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02368076     Document Type: Article

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