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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-9-11
pubmed:abstractText
A new method for determination the static compliance of the respiratory system is described ("static compliance by automated single steps"--SCASS). In 12 ventilated patients pressure/volume (P/V) curves were determined by automated repetitive occlusion (6 s) at single volume steps and compared to the conventional syringe method (SM). All measurements were corrected for effects of temperature, humidity and pressure (THP). SM was found to be significantly influenced by intrapulmonary gas exchange causing an effective mean volume deficit of 217.4 +/- 65.7 ml (BTPS) at the end of the deflation. In contrast to that, the short duration of occlusion in SCASS minimize the gas exchange effects. The methodical differences between both methods result in overestimation of the inflation compliance in the uncorrected SM (SMuncorr: 83.4 +/- 12.6; SCASS: 76.0 +/- 11.9 ml/cmH2O. p less than 0.01) and underestimation of the deflation compliance resp. (SMuncorr: 58.3 +/- 7.5; SCASS: 79.1 +/- 15.0 ml/cmH2O. p less than 0.005). In contrast to the P/V curves by SM no significant hysteresis was found by SCASS. Gas exchange seems to be the main reason for the hysteresis. Even after correcting gas exchange and THP effects a significant hysteresis remained. The SCASS method avoids these problems and allows furthermore an accurate checking of leaks.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0342-4642
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
108-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Improved determination of static compliance by automated single volume steps in ventilated patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Zentrum für Anaesthesiologie, Rettungs- und Intensivmedizin, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, FRG.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study