Evaluation of a Pitot type spirometer in helium/oxygen mixtures

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 425-431

  Søndergaard, Søren ^a   Kárason, Sigurbergur ^a   Lundin, Stefan ^a   Stenqvist, Ola ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gas density; Helium; Measurement; Oxygen; Tidal volume; Venturimeter

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HELIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

SPIROMETERS; VENTURIMETERS;

PATIENT MONITORING;

HELIUM; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; LUNG INJURY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SPIROMETER;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; EVALUATION STUDIES; HELIUM; HUMANS; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OXYGEN; REFERENCE VALUES; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0032147885     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009978816071     Document Type: Article

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