Background Recent studies have showed that FEV1/FVC describing correspondence
between the forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC) …

Background Cough variant asthma (CVA) is one kind of atypical asthma. The study was to
compare spirometric parameters of small airways and the degree of bronchial hyper …

Background Cough variant asthma (CVA) is one of the special populations of asthma. The
aim of the study was to compare small airways, the degree of bronchial …

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 …

The complexity of the human respiratory system causes that one of the main methods of
analyzing the dynamic pulmonary phenomena and interpreting experimental results are …

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

Computer models are a useful tool in research and education. They have a particular value
in medicine and biology due to legal and ethical restrictions. Considering the above, a …

Abstract Background Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) is a commonly accepted
method of spontaneous breathing support in obstructive lung disease. Previous work …

Aims The aim of this study was to supplement a previously developed virtual respiratory
system (RS) with gas exchange and gas transfer in airways and circulation (GETAC); and to …