Comparison of Two Metabolic Simulators Used for Gas Exchange Verification in Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test Carts

IntroductionMetabolic simulators (MS) produce simulated human breaths for the purpose of verification of cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) equipment. MS should produce consistent identical breaths with known CO2 and O2 gas concentrations over a range of breath rates and tidal volumes. Reliability...

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Main Authors: Tjeu Souren, Edward Rose, Herman Groepenhoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2021.667386/full