Recently, “Technical standards for respiratory oscillometry” was published, which reviewed
the physiological basis of oscillometric measures and detailed the technical factors related to …

… A recent study by Dellaca et al. demonstrated the feasibility of using an inexpensive FOT
system for real-time data acquisition, processing, and Internet streaming.These preliminary …

This review addresses how the combination of physiology, medicine and engineering
principles contributed to the development and advancement of mechanical ventilation, …

… There are also contributions from the parenchymal tissues and chest wall to the effective
R rs . Since R rs reflects opposition to changes in flow, it is the component of Z rs which is in …

… In figure 7⇑, the real and the imaginary part of the Z in presented by the model are expressed
as a function of R pa . As soon as R pa increases the shunt pathway due to the airway …

… RL Dellacà1, … the equation was ΔVcw = 0.95 · ΔVm − 0.15 (r 2 = 0.92, p<0.001) with a mean
(SE) … was weakly related to the maximum workload achieved (r 2 = 0.216, p = 0.038; fig 4). …

Optoelectronic plethysmography (OEP) has been shown to be a reliable method for the
analysis of chest wall kinematics partitioned into pulmonary rib cage, abdominal rib cage, …

We used optoelectronic plethysmography to study 11 normal subjects during quiet and deep
breathing, six sedated and paralyzed patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory …

… Gobbi A, Milesi I, Govoni L, Pedotti A, Dellacà RL. A new telemedicine system for the home
monitoring of lung function in patients with obstructive respiratory diseases. Presented at the …

To understand how externally applied expiratory flow limitation (EFL) leads to impaired
exercise performance and dyspnea, we studied six healthy males during control incremental …