[Lung simulator].
| Autor: | Villanueva AM; Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, España. amedinavillanueva@gmail.com, Galán CR, Torre AC, Cuervo SM, Solas ML, Colunga JM |
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| Jazyk: | Spanish; Castilian |
| Zdroj: | Anales de pediatria (Barcelona, Spain : 2003) [An Pediatr (Barc)] 2010 Oct; Vol. 73 (4), pp. 202-6. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Jul 07. |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.anpedi.2010.05.016 |
| Abstrakt: | Introduction: One of the main limitations to running mechanical ventilation courses is the lack of cheap, interactive, and easily reproducible lung simulators. Objective: Presentation of a new lung simulator. Material: Lung simulator consisting of two different parts: A) Resistance system: simulates respiratory airway. It is made up of 3 or 5 ball valves that allow for the simulation of resistance increase and air leaks. B) Compliance system: it reproduces lungs and rib cage characteristics. It is made up of three parts: 1 or 2 expandable chambers (a commercial test lung), a connection system to the resistance mechanism, and a distensibility limiting clamp. The simulator allows for a single or double assembly depending on the inclusion of one or two lungs to the resistance system, allowing the tidal volume to be adjusted from 10 to 500 ml. Conclusions: We present an easily assembled lung simulator for teaching purposes that is cheap, reproducible and interactive, allowing for simulation of patterns of restriction, obstruction, and presence of air leaks. (Copyright © 2010 Asociación Española de Pediatría. Published by Elsevier Espana. All rights reserved.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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