Computers in Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Lung Models

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Pathophysiology of Airways Disease

      • Gordon Cumming

      Pages 3-14

   3. Computing Continuous Distributions from Limited Data

      • Peter D. Wagner

      Pages 15-19

   4. Comparison of Different Methods of Mean Alveolar PCO2 Measurement during Mechanical Ventilation: An Experimental and Theoretical Study

      • G. Boy, M. F. Forda, B. Renun, J. M. Brieussel, E. Caval, L. Lareng

      Pages 21-33

   5. Multicompartmental Analysis of Pulmonary Function Using System Identification Techniques

      • Sven Olofsson, Göran Hedensterna

      Pages 35-37

3. Regional Lung Function and Imaging

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39

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   2. Tomographic Imaging of Regional Lung Density by 90° Compton Scattering

      • Massimo Pistolesi, Massimo Miniati, Stefano Solfanelli, Carlo Giuntini, Luciano Azzarelli, Massimo Chimenti et al.

      Pages 41-43

   3. Computer Analysis of Dynamic Krypton 81m Lung Scans in Infancy

      • Charles Y. C. Wong, Michael Silverman

      Pages 45-46

   4. Comparison of Methods to Calculate Regional Lung Volume and Specific Alveolar Ventilation from Xenon-133 Wash-in Curves

      • Th. W. van der Mark, H. Beekhuis, R. Peset, M. G. Woldring

      Pages 47-48

   5. Identification Methods for Analysis of Xenon-133 Wash-out Curves: A Critical Comparative Study

      • V. Brusasco, A. Tiano, R. Astengo, S. Valenti

      Pages 49-53

4. The Lung Function Laboratory Spirometry Mechanics and Respiration

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55

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   2. The Flow-Volume-Measurement in Computer-Supported Lung Function Analysis

      • Christoph Riemasch-Becker, Klaus Stosseck

      Pages 57-61

   3. Comparison of Algorithms for the Diagnosis of Obstructive and Restrictive Lung Function Impairment

      • W. Arossa, S. Spinaci, A. Carosso, G. Forconi, E. Concina

      Pages 63-66

   4. An Automated System for the Measurement of Airways Resistance Lung Volume and Flow-Volume Loops

      • P. J. Chowienczyk, P. J. Rees, T. J. H. Clark

      Pages 67-69

   5. Analysis of Body Plethysmographic Pressure-Flow-Loops by Digital Computer

      • Dieter Heise

      Pages 71-73

   6. Non-Invasive Alveolar Pressure/Flow Pattern Determination by Computerized Plethysmography

      • M. E. Perry, R. W. Zimmerer, R. J. Browning

      Pages 75-77

   7. A New Method for Estimating Changes in Bronchomotor Tone Using the Apple Microcomputer

      • J. R. Lehane, C. Jordan, J. P. Royston, J. G. Jones

      Pages 79-80

   8. Computer Analysis of Breathing Patterns

      • R. G. Loudon, A. G. Leitch, T. H. Ridgway, J. K. Walsh, M. Kramer

      Pages 81-83

   9. Automatic Data Processing in the Clinical Lungfunction Laboratory

      • A. F. M. Verbraak, J. M. Bogaard, F. R. C. Jansen, A. Versprille

      Pages 85-87

This volume, the second in a series on topics in microcomputers in critical care and pulmonary physiology,' contains the proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Computers in Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine, held at the University of Lund in 1980 under the.,chairmanship of Prof. B. Jonson, M.D., Department of Clinical Physiology, University of Lund, Sweden. Clinicians and biomedical engineers from many countries parti­ cipated in a three day deliberation. Of special interest was the introduction of nuclear techniques in pulmonary medicine for the first time in this symposium series. It is the intention of the steering committee that such meetings should take place on an annual basis in the rapidly changing world of the science and technology of computing in clinical care, in prac­ tice and in pulmonary medicine. Editorial modification of the papers in this volume has been kept to a minimum. Changes have been made to ensure some uniformity in presentation and there has been some alteration of the English to avoid ambiguity, but our intervention has gone no further than that. It is hoped that the contents of this volume will enable those who are interested in the subject matter to be more aware of research developments occurring in so many different disciplines and so many different centres in America and Europe. Finally, I would like to thank Miss Bodil Richardson for her or­ ganisational and secretarial help. Thanks are also due to Prof. J.P.

• Europe
• Monitor
• computer
• development
• diagnosis
• engine
• medicine
• pathophysiology
• physiology
• research
• respiration
• spirometry
• surgery
• technology
• tissue

• Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

  O. Prakash

• University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

  A. A. Spence

• Royal College of Surgeons, London, UK

  J. P. Payne

• University of Lund, Lund, Sweden

  B. Jonson

• Yale University School of Medicine, USA

  S. Nair

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