Resistance in a non-linear autoregressive model of pulmonary mechanics

Resistance in a non-linear autoregressive model of pulmonary mechanics

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Respiratory system modelling can enable patient-specific mechanical ventilator settings to be found, and can thus reduce the incidence of ventilator induced lung injury in the intensive care unit.The resistance of a simple first order model (FOM) of pulmonary Aluminium Foil Tape mechanics was compared with a flow dependent term of a non-linear autoregressive (NARX) model.Model parameters were identified for consecutive non-overlapping windows of length 20 breaths.The analysis was performed over recruitment manoeuvres for 25 sedated mechanically ventilated patients.

The NARX model term, b1, consistently Goalie - Goalie Mask - Senior decreased as positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) increased, while the FOM resistance behaviour varied.Overall the NARX b1 behaviour is more in-line with expected trends in airway resistance as PEEP increases.This work has further verified the physiologically descriptive capability of the NARX model.