Modelling and control of nitrogen partial pressure for prophylaxis and treatment of air embolism

Title: Modelling and control of nitrogen partial pressure for prophylaxis and treatment of air embolism
Creator: Routley, Ben; Miteff, Ferdinand; Fleming, Andrew J.
Relation: 2017 American Control Conference (ACC). Proceedings of the 2017 American Control Conference (ACC) (Seattle, WA 24-26 May, 2017) p. 791-794
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.23919/ACC.2017.7963049
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Resource Type: conference paper
Date: 2017
Description: This article describes a model for the absorption of a cerebral gas embolism. It is also shown that by controlling the ambient pressure and partial pressure of nitrogen, an air embolism can be absorbed at an accelerated rate. At ambient pressure, a breathing gas of 100% Oxygen will triple the rate of absorption. With an ambient pressure of 6 atmospheres, a 1-mm bubble is eliminated in 10 minutes instead of 12 hours.
Subject: nitrogen; absorption; atmospheric modeling; medical treatment; computational modeling; mathematical model; Australia
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1352295
Identifier: uon:30846
Identifier: ISBN:9781509059928
Language: eng
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