Combined effects of leaks, respiratory system properties and upper airway patency on the performance of home ventilators: a bench study

Combined effects of leaks, respiratory system properties and upper airway patency on the performance of home ventilators: a bench study

Abstract Background Combined effects of leaks, mechanical property of respiratory system and upper airway (UA) patency on patient-ventilator synchrony (PVA) and the level of clinically “tolerable” leaks are not well established in home ventilators. Methods We comparatively assessed on a bench model,...

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Main Authors: Kaixian Zhu, Claudio Rabec, Jésus Gonzalez-Bermejo, Sébastien Hardy, Sami Aouf, Pierre Escourrou, Gabriel Roisman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Non-invasive ventilation
Patient-ventilator asynchrony
Unintentional leak
Upper airway patency
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-017-0487-2

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