modelLungBloodFlow

Diagram of LungBloodFlow

Extends from Physiolibrary.Icons.LungShunt.

Information

Calculation of blood flow fraction through ventilated alveoli.

Parameters

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Physiolibrary.Types.FractionBasicRLShuntFraction0.02basic percentage of total blood flow not exposed to lung air
Physiolibrary.Types.PressureRightHemithorax_Pressure-533.28954966
Physiolibrary.Types.PressureLeftHemithorax_Pressure-533.28954966
RealPressureOnInflation{{-4.0, 1.0, 0}, {4.0, 0.0, 0}}
RealPressureGradientOnFlowDist{{-25, 0.0, 0}, {0, 0.5, 0.03}, {25, 1.0, 0}}

Connectors

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Physiolibrary.Types.RealIO.VolumeFlowRateInputCardiacOutput
Physiolibrary.Types.RealIO.VolumeFlowRateOutputAlveolarVentilated

Components

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Physiolibrary.Types.PressurePressureGradientRightLeftdifference between right and left hemithorax pressure
Physiolibrary.Types.FractionThorax_RightLungFlowFractfraction of blood flow to right lung
Physiolibrary.Types.FractionThorax_LeftLungFlowFractfraction of blood flow to left lung
Physiolibrary.Types.FractionRightHemithorax_LungInflationdammage effect of right hemithorax inflation
Physiolibrary.Types.FractionLeftHemithorax_LungInflationdammage effect of left hemithorax inflation
Physiolibrary.Types.VolumeFlowRateTotalcardiac output
Physiolibrary.Types.VolumeFlowRateRightLeftShuntblood flow not exposed to lung air without dammage effect
Physiolibrary.Types.VolumeFlowRateAlveolarblood flow exposed to lung air without dammage effect
Physiolibrary.Blocks.Interpolation.CurveThorax_PressureGradientOnFlowDist
Physiolibrary.Blocks.Interpolation.CurveThorax_PressureOnInflationR
Physiolibrary.Blocks.Interpolation.CurveThorax_PressureOnInflationL

Revisions

Author: Marek Matejak
License: Physiomodel License 1.0
By: Charles University, Prague
Date of: january 2009
References: Tom Coleman: QHP 2008 beta 3, University of Mississippi Medical Center

Copyright © 2014 Marek Matejak, Charles University in Prague.