Pneumotachograph for flow and volume measurement in normal and dense atmospheres
- 1 July 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in Journal of Applied Physiology
- Vol. 41 (1) , 120-124
- https://doi.org/10.1152/jappl.1976.41.1.120
Abstract
Measurement of ventilatory flow during pulmonary function maneuvers and in severe exercise by the pneumotachograph flow transducer in dense atmospheres is handicapped by the inverse relationship between the linear range of such transducers and gas density. This limitation in the usefulness of the pneumotachograph can be overcome by mounting such flow transducers in parallel and taking into account the reduction in peak ventilatory flow which occurs with increasing density. The design of such assemblies, their static performance characteristics and a drift subtractor, constructed to stabilize the output of the pneumotachograph pressure transducer, are described.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Harmonic Content of Certain Respiratory Flow Phenomena of Normal IndividualsJournal of Applied Physiology, 1957
- Evaluation of Three Types of Respiratory FlowmetersJournal of Applied Physiology, 1957