Table 1.
Measurements from the 15 participants showing individual nasopharyngeal pressures (cm H2O) and mean nasopharyngeal pressures (cm H2O) with sd generated with NHF and facemask at 35 litre min−1 with the open mouth (NHFMO and FMMO) and closed mouth positions (NHFMC and FMMC)
Participant | Mean nasopharyngeal pressure (cm H2O) |
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NHFMC | NHFMO | FMMC | FMMO | |
1 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.3 |
2 | 2.7 | 1.7 | — | 1.3 |
3 | — | — | — | — |
4 | 1.5 | 0.9 | −0.2 | −0.5 |
5 | 1.6 | 0.2 | −0.01 | 0.02 |
6 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.005 | −0.01 |
7 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 0.02 | 0.06 |
8 | 2.7 | 1.6 | −0.003 | 0.04 |
9 | 3.4 | 0.7 | −0.09 | 0.02 |
10 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.02 | −0.04 |
11 | 5.3 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 0.4 |
12 | 1.7 | 0.1 | −0.5 | 0.02 |
13 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 0.6 | −0.06 |
14 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.006 | 0.04 |
15 | 3.7 | 1.5 | −0.1 | 0.03 |
Mean airway pressure at 35 litre min−1 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
sd | 1.04 | 0.76 | 0.63 | 0.39 |