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38 - Gas flow measurement

from 1 - Ventilation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2011

J. S. Gravenstein
Affiliation:
University of Florida
Michael B. Jaffe
Affiliation:
Philip Healthcare
Nikolaus Gravenstein
Affiliation:
University of Florida
David A. Paulus
Affiliation:
University of Florida
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Gas composition measurements are routine in the operating room, and becoming so in the intensive care unit. The simultaneous measurement of flow adds important information to the measurement of exhaled CO2. The clinical measurement of respired gas flow on patients, particularly during mechanical ventilation, requires attention to sensor(s) location, gas composition, gas temperature, inlet conditions, humidity, deadspace, effective resistance of breathing circuit, and operating range of the flow sensor(s). A number of factors that can affect flow measurement, independent of the technology used, should be considered, including sensor location, gas conditions, gas composition and temperature, inlet conditions, resistance, deadspace, humidity, and operating ranges. Flowmeters that perform suitably in these environments include the Fleisch and Lilly style pneumotachometers, hot-wire and hot-film anemometers, rotating vane spirometers, and ultrasonic flowmeters. This chapter discusses the differential pressure sensors, hot-wire anemometers, and ultrasonic sensors.
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Capnography , pp. 397 - 406
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2011

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