Table 3.
Effects of pulse time and pulse delay on nitric oxide uptake efficiency for varied breathing patterns
| |
|
Uptake efficiency |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Pulse |
Pulse |
Vt = 500 ml |
Vt = 500 ml |
Vt = 250 ml |
Vt = 250 ml |
| Time [ms] | Delay [ms] | f = 12 min -1 | f = 25 min -1 | f = 12 min -1 | f = 25 min -1 |
| 100 |
0 |
0.94 |
0.89 |
0.88 |
0.81 |
| |
50 |
0.94 |
0.89 |
0.85 |
0.72 |
| |
100 |
0.94 |
0.89 |
0.81 |
0.59 |
| |
200 |
0.94 |
0.88 |
0.70 |
0.24 |
| 200 |
0 |
0.94 |
0.89 |
0.84 |
0.70 |
| |
50 |
0.94 |
0.89 |
0.80 |
0.57 |
| |
100 |
0.94 |
0.88 |
0.76 |
0.42 |
| |
200 |
0.94 |
0.86 |
0.63 |
0.14 |
| 400 |
0 |
0.94 |
0.88 |
0.74 |
0.42 |
| |
50 |
0.94 |
0.86 |
0.68 |
0.31 |
| |
100 |
0.94 |
0.81 |
0.61 |
0.22 |
| 200 | 0.93 | 0.62 | 0.46 | 0.07 | |