The effects of curvature and constriction on airflow and energy loss in pathological tracheas
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- 作者：A.J. Batesa ; a.bates11@imperial.ac.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; R. Cettoa ; b ; D.J. Doorlya ; R.C. Schroterc ; N.S. Tolleyb ; A. Comerforda
- 关键词：Trachea ; Airflow ; CFD ; Goiters ; Energy loss
- 刊名：Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：December 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：234
- 期：Complete
- 页码：69-78
- 全文大小：1916 K
文摘
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Current tracheal surgical guidelines found to neglect important geometric measures.
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Constriction, curvature, glottal alignment and deviation all found to play a role.
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Subjects’ work of breathing affected by these measures.
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Utilised area metric introduced to characterise tracheal flow and power loss.