Convexity, Jensen's inequality and benefits of noisy mechanical ventilation

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 393-396

  Brewster, John F ^a   Graham, M Ruth ^a   Mutch, W Alan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaesthesiology; Critical care; Mechanical ventilation; Noise; Probability

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIDAL VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRESSURE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIDAL VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26244449634     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2005.0043     Document Type: Article

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