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Figure 2

From: Bench and mathematical modeling of the effects of breathing a helium/oxygen mixture on expiratory time constants in the presence of heterogeneous airway obstructions

Figure 2

Experimentally determined expiratory time constants for the right, left, and whole lung plotted against the log of the loss coefficient of the right lung obstruction. The left lung obstruction was held constant at kLā€‰=ā€‰3.3. The compliances of the left and right chambers were both equal to 0.05ā€‰l/cm H2O. The test lung was ventilated with a tidal volume of 500ā€‰ml at 12 breaths/min with (a) air or (b) He/O2 to produce a minute ventilation of 6ā€‰l/min.

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