Designing Medical Equipment for the Real World

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Obtaining P0.1 on Various Ventilators

Airway Occlusion at 0.1 Second (P0.1)

In previous post I provide a brief description of the P0.1 and how one can apply this to adjusting  settings on the ventilator [1,2] and provide greater detail in my book [3].

However, how does one obtain this measurement?

Fortunately, modern mechanical ventilators have this as a software option.

Even though the procedure for obtaining a P0.1 is automated, it is a little different on each device.