An Improved Dynamic Model for the Respiratory Response to Exercise

ABSTRACT: Respiratory system modeling has been extensively studied in steady-state conditions to simulate sleep disorders, to predict its behavior under ventilatory diseases or stimuli and to simulate its interaction with mechanical ventilation. Nevertheless, the studies focused on the instantaneous response are limited, which restricts its application in clinical practice. The aim of this study is double: firstly, to analyze both dynamic and static responses of two known respiratory models under exercise stimuli by using an incremental exercise stimulus sequence (to analyze the model responses when step inputs are applied) and experimental data (to assess prediction capability of each model). Secondly, to propose changes in the models’ structures to improve their transient and stationary responses. The versatility of the resulting model vs. the other two is shown according to the ability to simulate ventilatory stimuli, like exercise, with a proper regulation of the arterial blood gases, suitable constant times and a better adjustment to experimental data. The proposed model adjusts the breathing pattern every respiratory cycle using an optimization criterion based on minimization of work of breathing through regulation of respiratory frequency.

• Autores: Mañanas Villanueva, Miguel Ángel; Hernández Valdivieso, Alher Mauricio; Rabinovich, Roberto A.
• Tipo de recurso: Article of investigation
• Fecha de publicación: 2018
• Institución: Universidad de Antioquia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UdeA
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/12824
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/10495/12824
• Palabra clave: Sistema respiratorio; Modelado dinámico; Simulación de ejercicio; Modelado computacional; Trabajo de respiración; Control respiratorio
• Rights: openAccess
• License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/