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Table 6 Optimal MV settings and model outputs compared with first patient dataset

From: Can computer simulators accurately represent the pathophysiology of individual COPD patients?

 

Data

Optimal

MV setting parameters

  

 Vt [ml]

590

506

 VentRate [bpm]

13

15

 I:E

0.33

0.32

 PEEP [cmH2O]

0

1

 FiO2

0.4

0.3

Model outputs

  

 PaO2 [kPa]

17

12.2

 PaCO2 [kPa]

6.1

6.3

 Palv [kPa]

5.1

3.8