While sRaw captures information on airflow resistance, it is important to realize that it is not a true measurement of airway resistance. Its units are cmH2O.s while typical airway resistance units would be cmH2O.s/mL. sRaw rather denotes work of breathing as it is defined by the product of airway resistance and the lung volume at the end of inspiration, the functional residual capacity or FRC. Since both factors can influence the outcome of sRaw and that there is an inverse relationship between them, best practice would be to complement measurements of sRaw with direct measurements of both upper and lower airway resistance. This would not only provide more insight in interpreting the results but also a refined and comprehensive assessment leading to a deeper understanding. The flexiVent system offers detailed lung function measurements which can prove helpful in identifying the response site within the lower airway segment while also providing direct upper airway resistance measurements. Both ...

Research reports on pulmonary function measurements often mention caffeine abstinence as a condition for testing subjects. Yet, the effects of caffeine on respiration are not well documented. This study was intended to investigate the physiological effects of caffeine on respiratory resistance measurements and the necessity of caffeine avoidance in such testing. Thirty-one subjects were administered caffeine in pill form for dosages in the range of 3 - 4.5 mg/kg body weight. Respiratory resistance was measured with the Airflow Perturbation Device every 15 minutes after caffeine ingestion until a full hour of elapsed time. No changes were noted in inhalation, exhalation, and average respiratory resistances during the times of measurements. The conclusion is that for low dosages of caffeine, respiratory resistance measurements are not affected by caffeine ingestion prior to testing.

How is Expiratory Upper Airway Resistance abbreviated? eUAR stands for Expiratory Upper Airway Resistance. eUAR is defined as Expiratory Upper Airway Resistance very rarely.

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Measurement of the total resistance of the respiratory system (Rrs) is an attractive alternative to measurement of forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) in young children because it requires minimal co-operation. The purpose of this study was to assess the ability of the forced oscillation technique (FOT) to detect airway obstruction in asthmatic children and in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Spirometry and Rrs were recorded in 45 asthmatic children (32 males and 13 females) and in 45 patients with CF (28 males and 17 females). Rrs was measured at 10 Hz with the Siregnost FD5 (Siemens, Germany). The asthmatic children were slightly younger than the patients with CF (10+/-3 vs 14+/-7 yrs), and had milder airway obstruction (FEV1 80+/-19 vs 66+/-27% of predicted). Rrs was significantly higher in the asthmatic children (6.6+/-1.7 cmH2O x L(-1) x s) than in the patients with CF (4.8+/-1.4 cmH2O x L(-1) x s). A normal FEV1 (, or = mean -2SD) was associated with a normal Rrs (, or = mean ...

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether transtracheal open ventilation (TOV), pressure control ventilation (PCV) through a minitracheotomy tube (internal diameter 4 mm), is an effective method of inspiratory assistance under high upper airway resistance in postextubation patients; to compare, in a lung model study, TOV with other methods.. DESIGN: Clinical study: A prospective, controlled, crossover study. Lung model study: A prospective laboratory trial.. SETTING: Clinical study: A six-bed general intensive care unit in a teaching hospital. Lung model study: Animal research laboratory.. PATIENTS: Clinical study: Eleven postextubation patients, who had undergone minitracheotomy for sputum retention between January 1997 and December 1997.. SUBJECT: Lung model study: Two-bellows-in-a-box lung model, which included ordinary and high levels of upper airway resistance.. INTERVENTIONS: Clinical study: Ventilatory settings were: assist/control (A/C) mode, 2 breaths/min of A/C back-up rate, 35-40 cm H2O of ...

Snoring occurs during sleep due to a partial blockage in the upper airway, as a result of receding tongue or relaxing jaw, and the vibration of tissues. When the underlying causes of snoring start to progress from comparatively safe sound to being the sleep disorder called sleep apnea, which poses numerous risk factors or health concerns, it often develops first into Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome.. Snoring is a sign that some sort of resistance is happening in ones upper respiratory system. The more this resistance, the more the breathing effort required to overcome the same. Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome happens when ones breathing effort changes from being a snoring sign to a harmful sleep disorder. Not all people with the health disorder snore during sleep, even as symptoms may sound similar to heavy or labored breathing.. Reasons behind the sleep disorder are similar to that of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome can be caused by narrowed airway, loose fatty ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Low frequency forced oscillation technique in infants. AU - Hall, Graham L.. AU - Hantos, Z.. AU - Pelak, Ferenc. AU - Wildhaber, Johannes. AU - Sly, Peter D.. PY - 1999. Y1 - 1999. N2 - The respiratory system in infants undergoes profound changes in the first few years of life. We applied two adaptions of the FOT to characterise 1 ) changes in airway and parenchymal mechanics with growth in the first two years of life; 2) contribution of the nose to total respiratory impedance (Zrs); and 3) the influence of the chest wall to Zrs. Methods: For studies 1 (n=34, 1 -24 months) & 2 (n=20, 3-21 months) a pseudo-random forcing signal (0.5-21 Hz) was applied to sedated infants via a face mask & Zrs was determined at a transrespiratory pressure of 20cm HzO. A model containing an airway compartment [airway resistance (R) & inertance (I)] & a frequency dependant constant-phase tissue compartment [tissue damping (G) & tissue elastance (H)] was fitted to Zrs. In the second study, Zrs was ...

Respiratory resistance was measured by the isovolume method [7] at 500 ml above functional residual capacity. Before each study, a Datex Ultima Capnomac spirometer (Datex Instrumentation, Helsinki, Finland) was calibrated for volume using a 1-1 syringe (Hans Rudolph, Kansas City, Mo). The ventilatory flow and pressure curves were sampled at 10-ms intervals, output to a personal computer, and the volume curve then determined by integration of the flow curve. The pressure drop across the endotracheal tube was excluded by first constructing a pressure-flow curve for both the 7.5-mm and 8-mm endotracheal tubes. For each measurement, the pressure drop across the tube for the flow noted was subtracted from the pressure measurements used during calculation, resulting in a value for R sub rs exclusive of the endotracheal tube. The isovolume method of resistance measurement is a technique applicable to mechanically ventilated patients and is based on measuring airway pressure and flow at identical ...

Ruhle and colleagues suggested in a recent review that upper airway impedance measurements using the forced oscillation technique may be useful as a surrogate of Pes in the diagnosis of UARS. With this technique, an airflow of 2 L/min is applied to a conventional nCPAP mask at an oscillatory frequency of 20 Hz. The researchers studied 25 nono-bese patients with EDS and a mean RDI of 3.4, Although the majority of arousals could not be explained on the basis of standard polysomnographic measurements, this technique showed IUAR in over half of these unexplained events. These authors also suggested that the pulse transit time (the time between the ECG R wave and the fingertip pulse shock wave) correlated with subtle changes in both the Pes and the arousals Reading here asthma medications inhalers. They also discussed changes in BP as a marker of IUAR because more negative intrathoracic pressure would decrease BP and arousal would increase BP. ...

We have studied 26 asthmatic patients in whom deep inspiration induced a transient but marked bronchodilatation when carbachol-induced bronchoconstriction was present. Changes in bronchial tone were assessed by specific airway resistance measurements. Bronchodilatation after a slow inspiration (eight subjects) or a 10-second breath-hold at total lung capacity (13 subjects) was significantly less than that observed after either a fast inspiration or no breath-holding period. The magnitude of the bronchodilatation induced by a fast inspiration without breath-holding was directly and significantly related to the magnitude of the carbachol-induced bronchoconstriction in five subjects.. ...

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Airway resistance is the resistance to the flow of air through the respiratory tract during inhalation and expiration. The level of resistance depends on many things, particularly the diameter of the airway and whether flow is laminar or turbulent. In this article we shall consider how these factors affect the air flow, and consider some clinical conditions in which airway resistance is affected.

1. The forced expiratory volume (FEV0·75) was measured at increasing mouth pressures in twenty-seven patients with obstructive airways disease. Attempts were made to divide the patients on clinical grounds into emphysematous, bronchitic or asthmatic categories; there was no evidence from the (FEV/mouth pressure) plots that their airways functioned differently during forced expiration.. 2. Static elastic recoil was measured in twelve patients. There was no evidence that this factor alone caused the loss of FEV in any patient.. 3. It is suggested that the use of the FEV as a test of respiratory function during the natural history of obstructive airways disease should be considered in three stages. There is an initial phase when peripheral airways disease develops with little or no alteration of the FEV. In the second phase the FEV decreases from normal values to below 1·0 litre, and at this stage is considered a sensitive indicator of peripheral airways resistance. In stage 3 the FEV is low and ...

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The OASYS Oral/Nasal Airway System™ is the first dental device for Snoring, Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome (UARS) that treats the two major causes of sleep disordered breathing by addressing upper airway resistance in the nasal region and blockage in the throat region. The OASYS is FDA approved as a medical device in two separate classifications (1) As a mandibular repositioner for treatment of snoring and sleep apnea and (2) As a nasal dilator for improved ease of breathing.. The OASYS treats both vulnerable areas of the upper airway with one patented system while strengthening the throat area by pulling the lower jaw and tongue forward to prevent the tongue from blocking the airflow and strengthening the throat against collapse. ...

Airway resistance (RL) and dynamic compliance (Cdyn) as measures of lung function and airway reactivity. Basal values of RL (A) and Cdyn (B), and MCh challenge-

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P. Fontanari, M-C. Zattera-Hartmann, H. Burnet, Y. Jammes. Nasal eupnoeic inhalation of cold, dry a airway increases airway resistance in asthmatic patients. European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Society, 1997, 10 (10), pp.2250 - 2254. ⟨10.1183/09031936.97.10102250⟩. ⟨hal-01802744⟩ ...

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The results of the comparative analysis among the AUC of FOT and spirometric parameters are described in Figure 5. In general, R0 (Figure 5A), Rm (Figure 5C), and Crs,dyn (Figure 5E) presented significantly higher AUC in smoking subjects with , 20 pack-years, and AUC similar to that presented by spirometric parameters as the amount of tobacco smoked increased. Spirometric parameters presented significantly higher AUC than S (Figure 5B), fr (Figure 5D), and Xm (Figure 5F) considering groups of smoking subjects with 20-39 pack-years and 40-59 pack-years.. DISCUSSION. This study documented a significantly deleterious effect of smoking on the impedance of the respiratory system. Although many other published reports have used the FOT to compare control groups with ex-smokers and/or smoking subjects, to the best of our knowledge, this study is the first study to investigate respiratory impedance in groups with different degrees of tobacco consumption. Earlier studies have found deleterious ...

1. The oscillation method for measuring total respiratory resistance ( R rs ) is a simple method of assessing airway dimensions which can be applied in epidemiological surveys and potentially might be useful for detecting mild airway disease in smokers. However, it is not known whether abnormalities in R rs are only present when there are also abnormalities in simple spirometric tests. 2. We have compared values of R rs and its frequency-dependence ( f R ) using the oscillation technique applied over the frequency range 6-26 Hz in 42 healthy, non-asthmatic men who were never-smokers (aged 26-61 years) and in 41 male cigarette smokers (aged 32-64 years). The results were compared with those for spirometry and the single-breath N 2 test which are the most commonly used techniques in epidemiological surveys for detecting the effects of smoking on the lungs. 3. There was a strong trend for R rs (especially at lower oscillation frequency) and f R to increase with increasing age in smokers. Increases ...

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Differential voltage recordings are made with very high common mode rejection providing accurate measurements free from the effects of common mode potential changes of a noisy environment.. Membrane Resistance Measurement Accurate resistance measurements are made with the membrane mounted in the chamber. This measurement is made using a low frequency 2 Hz bipolar signal to avoid polarization of the membrane (ideal for monolayers). Resistances up to 200 kΩ are displayed on the meter with push-button convenience.. Clamp Speed Selection Three clamp speeds provide optimum recording conditions for a variety of applications. In Fast mode, preparations with low access resistance (small tissues or monolayers) can be clamped with speeds as fast as 10µsec. Typical Ussing chambers with larger tissues will use Medium or Slow modes for stable, oscillation free clamping.. Commands ...

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The pathogenesis of asthmatic attacks appears to follow a biphasic course characterized by early and late phases. The early phase, lasting roughly an hour, appears to be caused by a degranulation of mast cells which release a variety of soluble mediators such as leukotrienes, prostoglandins, and histamine that induce potent bronchoconstriction and hyper-secretion of mucus. The presence of these soluble mediators then initiates the late phase, lasting several hours, that involves the recruitment of inflammatory cells, especially eosinophils which subsequently release soluble factors that damage the airway. The bronchoconstriction and mucous secretion can potently narrow the luminal diameter of conducting airways and in doing so can dramatically increase their airflow resistance. The consequent perturbations in ventilation can cause profound ventilation-perfusion defects that can lead to significant hypoxemia. Importantly, the resistance to airflow and consequent obstructive pattern of pulmonary ...

TY - THES. T1 - Measurement of lung function using broadband forced oscillations /Cindy Thamrin. AU - Thamrin, Cindy. PY - 2006. Y1 - 2006. N2 - [Truncated abstract] Respiratory system impedance (Zrs) is commonly measured at low to medium frequencies (0.5 - 40 Hz) to infer structural and physiological information about the respiratory system. Coupled with the use of mathematical models of the lungs, Zrs has been used to partition the behaviour of the conductive airways and the respiratory tissues. High-frequency (HF) Zrs beyond 100 Hz has been comparatively less studied and understood. Past work has revealed spectral features at high frequencies termed antiresonances, marked by peaks in the real part of Zrs, often coinciding with zero-crossings in the imaginary part. It has been shown that the first occurrence of antiresonance in humans primarily reflects the contribution of the airways, and is a property of sound wave propagation in the airways. Also, the first antiresonance is altered in ...

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is associated with an awakening event. It is presently believed that upper airway resistance is caused by the tongue partially. collapsing into the throat. This less than 10 second cessation of breathing causes a rise of carbon dioxide in our blood ...

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Grading the severity of obstruction in mixed -obstructive-restrictive lung disease. Chest 140:598-603, 2011. 7. Krowka MJ, Enright PL, Rodarte JR, Hyatt RE. Effect of effort on measurement of forced -expiratory volume in one second. Am Rev Respir Dis 136:829-833, 1987. indd 34 30/01/14 10:36 AM 4 Diffusing Capacity of the Lungs An important step in the transfer of oxygen from ambient air to the arterial blood is the process of diffusion, that is, the transfer of oxygen from the alveolar gas to the hemoglobin within the red cell. 1 gives: PB VF = (PB + ∆P)(VF − ∆V) Piston and: Simplifies to: VF = ∆V (PB + ∆P) ∆P VF = ∆V (PB) ∆P FIG. 3-6. The subject is seated in an airtight plethysmograph and the pressure in the plethysmograph (Ppleth) changes with changes in lung volume. When the subject stops breathing, alveolar pressure equals barometric pressure (Pb). Consider what happens if the valve at the mouth is closed at the end of a quiet expiration, that is, FRC, and the subject makes ...

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You are already diagnosed with obstructive rest apnea or OSA and after that they hit you with lots of words you have never listened to right before. They begin discussing equipment and mask and humidity. You will be advised This is often long-lasting therapy. What they dont explain is what the equipment does, what sorts of therapy are you presently eligible for and what would be the ideal kind of therapy for yourself.CPAP means steady optimistic airway pressure. It is actually the commonest therapy utilized for the treatment method of OSA. It truly is 1 continual strain that supports the airway. This force was firm during the second sleep study, known as the titration review. On some events the titration will be able to be done on precisely the same night time as the diagnostic examine. Through the titration the technician will little by little raise the strain right up until the respiratory challenges, snoring and airway resistance is eliminated or diminished to inside of normal levels. In ...

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TY - JOUR. T1 - Comparative respiratory system mechanics in rodents. AU - Gomes, R. F.M.. AU - Shen, X.. AU - Ramchandani, R.. AU - Tepper, R. S.. AU - Bates, J. H.T.. PY - 2000/12/1. Y1 - 2000/12/1. N2 - Because of the wide utilization of rodents as animal models in respiratory research and the limited data on measurements of respiratory input impedance (Zrs) in small animals, we measured Zrs between 0.25 and 9.125 Hz at different levels (0-7 hPa) of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) in mice, rats, guinea pigs, and rabbits using a computer-controlled small-animal ventilator (Schuessler TF and Bates JHT, IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 42: 860-866, 1995). Zrs was fitted with a model, including a Newtonian resistance (R) and inertance in series with a constant-phase tissue compartment characterized by tissue damping (Gti) and elastance (Hti) parameters. Inertance was negligible in all cases. R, Gti, and Hti were normalized to body weight, yielding normalized R, Gti, and Hti (NHti), respectively. ...

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Introduction. Overweight contributes to the development of significant cardiorespiratory impairments, including the increase in airway and respiratory system resistance, limited ventilatory capacity, and changes in the cardiovascular autonomic function. As these changes are proportional to the body mass index (BMI), they are more pronounced in patients with morbid obesity.1,2. The respiratory system resistance and its components can be determined using the Forced Oscillation Technique (FOT), described by Dubois et al. in 1956 as a non-invasive method for the evaluation of mechanical properties of the respiratory system in different frequencies.3 Morbidly obese patients also present increased cardiovascular sympathetic discharge and reduced parasympathetic activity.4 Because heart rate variability is influenced by the autonomic control, the time and frequency-domain analysis of RR intervals has been recognized as an effective and non-invasive method of evaluating the cardiovascular autonomic ...

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PURPOSE: ALI and ARDS are associated with lung volume derecruitment, usually counteracted by PEEP and recruitment maneuvers (RM), which should be accurately tailored to the patients needs. The aim of this study was to investigate the possibility of monitoring the amount of derecruited lung by the forced oscillation technique (FOT). METHODS: We studied six piglets (26 +/- 2.5 kg) ventilated by a mechanical ventilator connected to a FOT device that produced sinusoidal pressure forcing at 5 Hz. The percentage of non-aerated lung tissue (V (tiss)NA%) was measured by whole-body CT scans at end-expiration with zero end-expiratory pressure. Respiratory system oscillatory input reactance (X (rs)) was measured simultaneously to CT and used to derive oscillatory compliance (C (X5)), which we used as an index of recruited lung. Measurements were performed at baseline and after several interventions in the following sequence: mono-lateral reabsorption atelectasis, RM, bi-lateral derecruitment induced by ...

A prospective respiratory health survey of the general population in Busselton, Western Australia, was conducted between 2005 and 2007. Subjects had measures of spirometry, and resistance and reactance at 6, 11, 19 Hz. Eligible subjects were never smokers, with no history of respiratory disease, no symptoms of cough, shortness of breath or chest tightness in the previous 12 months, and no respiratory tract infections in the previous 4 weeks.. ...

Background: It is unclear why obesity is associated with worse asthma control. We hypothesized that(1) obesity affects asthma control independent of spirometry, airway inflammation, and airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) and (2) residual symptoms after resolution of inflammation are due to obesity-related changes in lung mechanics. Methods: Forty-nine subjects with asthma underwent the following tests, before and after 3 months of high-dose inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) treatment: five-item asthma control questionnaire (ACQ-5), spirometry, fraction of exhaled nitric oxide (FENO), methacholine challenge, and the forced oscillation technique, which allows for the calculation of respiratory system resistance (Rrs) and respiratory system reactance (Xrs) as indicators of airway caliber and elastic load, respectively. The effects of treatment were assessed by BMI group (18.5-24.9, 25-29.9, and ≥30 kg/m 2 ) using analysis of variance. Multiple regression analyses determined the independent predictors of ACQ-5

Respiratory resistance at 20 Hz (R20) by impulse oscillometry (IO) characterizes airways resistance with inextensible walls. Airways resistance (Rtot) by body plethysmography reflects the total resistance of the first 8 - 10 bronchi generations. These indicators by different methods are close physiologically. The airways in patients with an emphysema are deprived of elastic support, so a lung compliance (CL) considerably increases. We have assumed that shunting of R20 increases with loss of lung elastic recoil.. Aim of the study is evaluation loss of respiratory resistance by IO with increasing of compliance and decreasing of lung elastic recoil.. Materials and methods: We compared Rtot and R20 in 67 healthy volunteers (32F/35M, 47±1 yrs) and in the patients with obstructive disorders - 41 patients with COPD (0F/41M, 56±1 yrs) and 52 patients with bronchial asthma (34F/18M, 47±2 yrs). We have used the relation Rtot/R20. All patients were performed investigation of lung elasticity using ...

To determine the sensitivity of pulmonary resistance (RL) to changes in breathing frequency and tidal volume, we measured RL in intact anesthetized dogs over a range of breathing frequencies and tidal volumes centering around those encountered during quiet breathing. To investigate mechanisms responsible for changes in RL, the relative contribution of airway resistance (Raw) and tissue resistance (Rti) to RL at similar breathing frequencies and tidal volumes was studied in six excised, exsanguinated canine left lungs. Lung volume was sinusoidally varied, with tidal volumes of 10, 20, and 40% of vital capacity. Pressures were measured at three alveolar sites (PA) with alveolar capsules and at the airway opening (Pao). Measurements were made during oscillation at five frequencies between 5 and 45 min-1 at each tidal volume. Resistances were calculated by assuming a linear equation of motion and submitting lung volume, flow, Pao, and PA to a multiple linear regression. RL decreased with increasing

We tested the hypothesis that different strategies are used to alter tracheal pressure (Pt) during sustained and transient increases in intensity. It has been suggested that the respiratory system plays the primary role in Pt changes associated with alteration in overall intensity, whereas laryngeal adjustment is primary for transient change in Pt related to emphasis. Tracheal pressure, obtained via tracheal puncture, airflow (U), and laryngeal electromyography from the thyroarytenoid muscle (TA EMG) were collected from 6 subjects during sentence production at different intensity levels and with various stress patterns. Using a technique described in a previous study, we computed lower airway resistance (Rlaw) from measures of Pt and U obtained during a sudden change in upper airway resistance. We used this resistance value, together with direct measures of Pt and U during speech, to derive a time-varying measure of alveolar pressure (Pa), the pressure created by respiratory muscle activity and ...

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This was an interesting study, because it showed what sRAW can and cannot do when compared to RAW and JPEG files. If your intention is to be able to recover white balance, the sRAW format has a definite advantage over JPEG as demonstrated in the first part of the article. Although there is definite loss of colors, you can recover most of the data when altering white balance, which is good news. Hence, if you want to have smaller RAW files and have the flexibility to change white balance, the sRAW format seems to be a viable option.. However, when it comes to recovering information from shadows and highlights, the sRAW format must be used with caution. First, you should not be using Adobe Camera RAW (Photoshop and Lightroom) for sRAW file conversion, since the Adobe RAW engine ends up heavily under-exposing images and losing more data in highlights, as demonstrated above. Capture NX-D clearly does a better job, but the software is very buggy and has its own set of problems (for example, ...

In this second posting on this topic, I will attempt to bring together some of the latest research that I have found regarding a very controversial topic of respiratory system weakness. In other words, there is something about your respiratory system that is limiting performance. How does this happen?. I propose, here, a different type of zoning. Most people talk about fat burning zones, or carb burning zones, or threshold power. I propose here zoning based on respiratory mechanics, and, especially if your primary weakness is based on respiratory mechanics.. You say what???. Many, many coaches have shot me down for making such a comment. They say that the respiratory muscles are sometimes insignificant in the overall production of a PB performance. Many of these traditional coaches also think that to succeed, you must be training hard or long all the time, and you must have a winning attitude. I dont disagree with the psychological aspect of a PB performance, but instead of training hard or ...

0047]To test the transparent conductor 120 of the touch panel 200, the bottom panel 101 is connected to a voltage testing supply 203 that supplies a supply voltage V0. In the present embodiment, the supply voltage is set at five volts, but may be any suitable testing voltage that will not harm the underlying circuitry and touch panel materials but will allow for adequate testing of the touch panel 200. The top panel 105 is preferably set at a zero voltage level. Also, connected to the bottom panel 101 and the voltage testing supply 203, there is a resistor RT. There is also a sense terminal 204 at which a sensing voltage Vsense can be detected. The sensing voltage is used to measure a voltage caused by the bottom panel 101 and the top panel 105 coming into electrical contact at a point 201. The sensing voltage Vsense is used to calculate the contact resistances for each point of contact made between the bottom panel 101 and the top panel 105. For example, electrical contact is made at the point ...

Also parallel bar instruments are intended to measure flat, regular material surfaces and are intended to measure the effect of many parallel paths across the material between the two bars. Using these instruments for Point to Point measurements are different than area measurements and will provide different measurement results. In this case they are simply indicators and not specification measurements.. For example, the ESD Check ESI-870 is probably just fine. You can check it by placing it on surfaces of various resistance characteristics e.g., on an insulated surface and a clean metal surface. The problem is when comparing two different measurement fixtures on an undefined surface - Soft Rubber vs Machined Metal contact fixtures - and expect to get the same answer. This is not always possible. This is the reason Prostat provides REMOVABLE conductive boots & ...

They had them breathe in through a machine that could vary the temperature and humidity of the air. They would have the patients pant afterwards, and they would measure airway resistance. For those that had mild asthma, they showed airway resistance to hot, humid air. (That means they were having a hard time breathing) The normal people showed very little or now problems. Figures. Once again our asthma bodies over-react to normal every day things. Here are the results of the study ...

Description Flair Equine Nasal Strips are self-adhesive strips that promote optimum respiratory health of equine athletes at all levels by reducing airway resistance and providing improved airflow. 50% of the airway resistance is in the nasal passage, a Flair Strip reduces airway resistance. Black or White Single

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폐기능 검사는 주관적인 호흡기 증상이 있는 경우 이를 객관화할 수 있으며, 호흡기 질환의 심한 정도를 평가하고 치료에 대한 반응과 병의 진형 상태를 감시할 수 있다. 그러나 표준적인 폐기능 검사는 환자의 협조를 필요로 하기 때문에 대상 연령이 제한적이고 검사자의 인내와 기술을 요하며, 많은 시간을 소비하는데 따른 소아과 의사의 소극적인 태도로 소아, 특히 신생아에서는 일반적으로 거의 이용되지 않고 있다. 최근에는 신생아 집중 치료의 발달로 여러가지 폐질환을 갖는 신생아의 생존율이 증가함에 따라 폐기능 검사를 통한 폐기능의 질적, 양적 평가로 폐질한의 진단및 치료에 만전을 기할 수 있다. 이에 저자는 비교적 간단하며 비침습적이어서 신생아에서도 시행할 수 있는 호흡속도묘사기(pneumotachography)와 수동 호기 유량-기량곡선(passive ...

We investigated the effect of different levels of hypercapnia on total pulmonary resistance (RL) in 13 subjects ranging from nonsnorers with low RL to snorers with high RL and dynamic narrowing of the upper airway during inspiration. Added CO2 was ad

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TY - JOUR. T1 - Transgelin-2 as a therapeutic target for asthmatic pulmonary resistance. AU - Yin, Lei Miao. AU - Xu, Yu Dong. AU - Peng, Ling Ling. AU - Duan, Ting Ting. AU - Liu, Jia Yuan. AU - Xu, Zhijian. AU - Wang, Wen Qian. AU - Guan, Nan. AU - Han, Xiao Jie. AU - Li, Hai Yan. AU - Pang, Yu. AU - Wang, Yu. AU - Chen, Zhaoqiang. AU - Zhu, Weiliang. AU - Deng, Linhong. AU - Wu, Ying Li. AU - Ge, Guang Bo. AU - Huang, Shuang. AU - Ulloa, Luis. AU - Yang, Yong Qing. PY - 2018/2/7. Y1 - 2018/2/7. N2 - There is a clinical need for new bronchodilator drugs in asthma, because more than half of asthmatic patients do not receive adequate control with current available treatments. We report that inhibition of metallothionein-2 protein expression in lung tissues causes the increase of pulmonary resistance. Conversely, metallothionein-2 protein is more effective than -2-agonists in reducing pulmonary resistance in rodent asthma models, alleviating tension in tracheal spirals, and relaxing airway smooth ...

Thirteen lakes in Mount Rainier National Park were evaluated for general chemical characteristics, sensitivity to acidification by acidic precipitation, and degree of existing acidification. The lakes studies were Allen, one of the Chenuis group, Crescent , Crystal, Eleanor, Fan, one of the Golden group, Marsh, Mowich, Mystic, Shriner, and two unnamed lakes. The lakes were sampled in August 1983. Specific conductance values were generally 21 microsiemens/cm at 25 C or less, and dissolved solids concentrations were generally 20 mg/L or less. The major cations were calcium and sodium, and the major anion was bicarbonate. Alkalinity concentrations ranged from 2.1 to 9.0 mg/L in 12 of the lakes. Allen Lake was the exception, having an alkalinity concentration of 27 mg/L. The pH values for all of the lakes ranged from 5.8 to 6.5. In most of the lakes, vertical profiles of temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, and specific conductance were relatively uniform....

This may occur at the top of the lungs, although not in health. Here the arterial pressure is not quite above alveolar pressure by the time it reaches this height. As such, blood flow through the lung unit does not occur. In health, this means that the arterial pressure at this height is 0 (as this is alveolar pressure) but the application of alveolar pressure (e.g. through IPPV) can require higher arterial pressure ...

Whilst Spirometry remains the gold standard to assess the degree of air flow obstruction, it requires a patients maximal respiratory effort in order to perform the test. The Resmon Pro only requires tidal breathing without forced manoeuvres in order to determine the degree of airflow obstruction with the forced oscillation technique. FOT is more sensitive to peripheral airway change than spirometry and usually takes two minutes to perform the test.. This technology is perfect for testing on children and adults that are not capable of performing the respiratory manoeuvres required with spirometry. ...

The airflow resistance provided by the airways during breathing is essential for good pulmonary function. The nose is responsible for almost two thirds of this resistance.

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TY - JOUR. T1 - Peripheral airway function in antigen induced bronchoconstriction. AU - Ahmed, Tahir. AU - Mezey, R. J.. AU - Fernandez, R. J.. AU - Wanner, A.. PY - 1979/1/1. Y1 - 1979/1/1. UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=18244430407&partnerID=8YFLogxK. UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=18244430407&partnerID=8YFLogxK. M3 - Article. AN - SCOPUS:18244430407. VL - 38. SP - No. 4665. JO - Federation Proceedings. JF - Federation Proceedings. SN - 0014-9446. IS - 3 II. ER - ...

Iwasawa, S; Kikuchi, Y; Nishiwaki, Y; Nakano, M; Michikawa, T; Tsuboi, T; Tanaka, S; Uemura, T; Ishigami, A; Nakashima, H; +7 more... Takebayashi, T; Adachi, M; Morikawa, A; Maruyama, K; Kudo, S; Uchiyama, I; Omae, K; (2009) Effects of SO2 on respiratory system of adult Miyakejima resident 2 years after returning to the island. Journal of occupational health, 51 (1). pp. 38-47. ISSN 1341-9145 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1539/joh.L8075 Full text not available from this repository ...

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BACKGROUND: Epidemiological evidence suggests the existence of a direct link between allergic rhinitis (AR) and asthma. Several studies also support the presence of small-airway dysfunction (SAD) in non-asthmatic children with AR. However, it remains unknown whether SAD can predict the progression of AR to asthma. Our objective was to explore the existence of SAD in non-asthmatic children with AR and to assessed its ability to predict the development of asthma. METHODS: Seventy-three 6-year-old children with intermittent moderate-severe AR but without asthma symptoms/medication within the last two years, underwent spirometry and measurement of respiratory resistance (Rrs) and reactance (Xrs) before and after bronchodilation (BD) (300mcg salbutamol ...

Surgeons can now use 3D, accurate images of the liver to rehearse keyhole tumor removal before real surgery reducing the risk to the patient and enabling them to take expert advice.. Odysseus has developed systems to construct 3D images of individual patients livers, with their tumors or other pathologies, from MRI or CT-scans. The reconstructions can be transmitted to external experts in any location, for consultation in real time just before surgery. Collaborative decisions can be made and optimal therapy planned with the best possible diagnostic support, before real surgery is attempted. Simulation of laparoscopic and robotic surgery, with tissue resistance, can be used either to practice the exact surgery proposed for an individual patient, or also for training several surgeons simultaneously.. Medical imaging of organs and tissues has contributed greatly to diagnosis and therapy planning, especially in the treatment of cancers, which are the major cause of deaths worldwide. However the ...

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