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Table 1 Ventilation groups and setting for the TCAV groups 1–3

From: Time-controlled adaptive ventilation (TCAV) accelerates simulated mucus clearance via increased expiratory flow rate

Group no. Mode of ventilation (n = 10 runs/group)

EFT/EPF

PHigh (cmH2O)

PLow (cmH2O)

THigh (sec)

TLow (sec)

1. TCAV protocol group 1 [8]

0.75

25

0

4.5

0.5–0.6

2. TCAV protocol group 2

0.75

25

5

4.5

0.42

3. TCAV protocol group 3

0.75

25

10

4.5

0.42–0.5

  1. The progressive PLow scale was employed to generate different combinations of IPF and EPF