Ventilation modelling of the human lung

F.H.C. de Jongh
March 1995
Publisher: Delft University of Technology, ISBN 90-5623-014-X, 197 pages

Table of Contents

1 General introduction
2 Lungmodels
3 Lung mechanics, pressure drop and "work of breathing"
4 Normal respiration mechanisms: Convection and diffusion
5 Mechanisms of importance for High Frequency Ventilation
6 Summary, conclusions and recommendations

Appendices

A Lungmodels in detail
B Surfactant
C The convection-diffusion equation
D Computer program listings
E Some considerations on the fractal aspects of a lung
F Nomenclature, unit conversion tabel and gas constants used

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