Automated Detection of Incomplete Exhalation as an Indirect Detection of Auto-PEEP on Mechanically Ventilated Adults
Auto-PEEP is auto positive end-expiratory pressure due to excessive amounts of alveolar gas produced by sustained recurrent incomplete exhalation. Incomplete exhalation occurs when the exhaled breath never reaches a flow rate of 0 L/min. The objective of this dissertation is to develop an automated...
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VCU Scholars Compass
2013
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| Online Access: | http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/534 http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1533&context=etd |