Purposes: Some controversies exist on the effect of therapeutic thoracentesis (TT) on arterial
blood oxygen tension. The aim of this study was to evaluate this issue using a previously …

Purpose Influence of therapeutic thoracentesis on the pleural pressure (Pp) has been
discussed in many clinical studies, however reasons of Pp changes are not precisely …

Recently,'medicine in silico'has been strongly encouraged due to ethical and legal
limitations related to animal experiments and investigations conducted on patients …

Results: When taking human lungs as a research object and simulating their accompanying
physical, biological, or biochemical phenomena, one necessary task is to construct a spatial …

The forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), the fundamental index in obstructive
lung disease diagnosis, depends on both resistive (RP) and compliant (CP) properties of the …

The position of artificially ventilated patients has to be changed into a lateral one to avoid a
bed score. Such a position causes asymmetrical work of lungs, esp. in older patients when …