Sentence examples for compliance of the upper from inspiring English sources
One option to avoid PEEP-induced over-distension could be to restrict the increase in lung volume in previously aerated lung areas by decreasing the compliance of the upper part of the chest wall.
In order to achieve this, measurement of the compliance and determination of the upper and lower inflection points on the pressure-volume curves at the patient's bedside should become a part of the routine monitoring of patients with acute respiratory failure.
Following an amendment to compliance sanctions, the upper limit for a financial penalty will in future be raised to 5% of qualifying revenue across all regional licensees, rather than just that of the compliance company.
The Peer Review programme reported that overall compliance with the upper gastro-intestinal performance measures was 70%; compliance with a selected number of measures is shown in Table 6.
Effects of artificial change of chest wall compliance depend on PEEP level and the patient's pathophysiological characteristics: in patients with low IAP values, SB positioning could decrease the regional compliance of upper thorax and favor a caudal displacement of the diaphragm, increasing the ventilation distribution to the abdominal compartment.
Obesity related subcutaneous and periluminal fat deposits may alter compliance of upper airway walls and narrow the luminal area, thus increasing the likelihood of airway collapse when exposed to the intraluminal negative pressure caused by inspiration [ 5].
The intrinsic properties such as baseline caliber and compliance of upper airway are thought to be important in the pathogenesis of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS).
In particular, the Herbst appliance is a device for the correction of class II malocclusions in growing patients, which does not require patient compliance and it affects both teeth (i.e., posterior displacement of the upper arch and anterior displacement of the lower arch) and bones (i.e., reduction in the growth of the upper maxillary bone and mandible advancement) [11].
