Disequilibrium between alveolar and end-pulmonary-capillary O2 tension in altitude hypoxia and respiratory disease: An update of a mathematical model of human respiration at altitude

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1818-1826

  Wolf, Matthew B ^a,b,c   Garner, Robert P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Odyssey II Solutions   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft cabin decompression; Altitude hypoxia; Blood gas oxygen disequilibrium; Control of respiration; Hypoxemia; Mathematical model; Oxygen diffusion; Respiratory disease

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT CABIN DECOMPRESSION; ALTITUDE HYPOXIA; HYPOXEMIA; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

AIRCRAFT; BLOOD; BRIDGE DECKS; CABINS (AIRCRAFT); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION IN GASES; DISEASE CONTROL; GASES; HEMOGLOBIN OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PULMONARY DISEASES; SEA LEVEL;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

OXYGEN;

ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAPILLARY; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; CAPILLARIES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE;

EID: 68749109274     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-009-9753-7     Document Type: Article

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