Mechanical evaluation of a respiratory device

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-187

  Lima, L C De ^a   Duarte, J B F ^b   Neto, F P Lépore ^c   Abe, P T ^d   Gastaldi, A C ^e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^d UNILAVRAS   (Brazil)

^e Centro Univ do Triangulo UNIT   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Floating sphere; Flutter VRP1; Oscillatory frequency; Respiratory physiotherapy

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; FLOW RATES; FLUTTER VRP1; SMOKING PIPES;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BODY FLUIDS; OPTIMIZATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL THERAPY; STAINLESS STEEL;

RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BREATHING; DEVICE; FLOW RATE; MECHANICS; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETION; SPUTUM;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES;

EID: 11844265957     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2004.09.016     Document Type: Article

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