An advanced expiratory circuit for the recovery of perfluorocarbon liquid from non-saturated perfluorocarbon vapour during partial liquid ventilation: An experimental model

BioMedical Engineering Online

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Dunster, Kimble R ^a,b   Davies, Mark W ^a,b,c   Fraser, John F ^c,d  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARTIAL LIQUID VENTILATION; PERFLUOROCARBON; VENTILATOR CIRCUIT;

CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS); FLOW OF FLUIDS; LIQUIDS; VAPORS;

FLUOROCARBONS;

FLUOROCARBON; WATER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPIRED AIR; FLOW RATE; LIQUID VENTILATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VAPOR; WATER VAPOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; EXHALATION; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; LUNG VENTILATION; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EXHALATION; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIQUID VENTILATION; LUNG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PULMONARY VENTILATION;

EID: 33644643271     PISSN: 1475925X     EISSN: 1475925X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-5-7     Document Type: Article

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