LUNGS: A System of Programs for the Calculation of Selected Cardiorespiratory Parameters

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Author: Robert R. Demers A.R.I.T.

Anesthesia Research Laboratory Rhode Island Hospital,

Providence, RI

Source Language: FOCAL '69

Memory Required: 8K

Abstract: The system of programs designated "LUNGS" performs

calculations to aid in the diagnosis and therapy of pulmonary disorders.

Among the functions performed by the programs are: correction of blood

gas data from in vitro to in vivo conditions, calculations of tidal volume,

respiratory rate, minute ventilation, deadspace volume, minute alveolar

ventilation, oxygen uptake, respiratory exchange ratio, alveolar-arterial

oxygen difference, arteriovenous oxygen difference, Fick cardiac output,

cardiac index and percentage shunt. It can be applied to patients

breathing spontaneously or being mechanically ventilated. One of the

system programs corrects blood gas data obtained during hypothermia

and extracorporeal circulation.

Media Price Code: D3, F5, G10

Catalog: August 1978