Xe-133 rebreathing system for ventilation studies on ventilator-assisted patients.
We describe a manually operated system, simple to assemble, that will enable xenon-133 lung ventilation studies to be performed on ventilator-assisted patients. It can be constructed from items readily available. Radiation exposure levels to the operator were measured and are reported.
D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D014692:Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical; D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes
D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes