PORTABLE RESPIRATORY GAS COLLECTION EQUIPMENT
PORTABLE RESPIRATORY GAS COLLECTION EQUIPMENT
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DOI:
10.1152/jappl.1971.31.1.164
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发表时间:
1971-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
DANIELS, J
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作者:
DANIELS, J
DANIEJS, JACK. Portable respiratory gas collection equipment. J. Appl. Physiol. 31 (l): 164-167. 1971.-A simple lightweight breathing valve and collection valve have been designed for the collection of ventilatory gas-exchange data. The equipment is equally useful in the laboratory and in the field and accommodates high ventilatory volumes with low resistance. The breathing valve has a dead space of about 70 ml and resistance of 0.5 cm Hz0 at 300 L/min flow. The collection valve allows rapid unobstructed change from one collection bag to another and is particularly useful for making consecutive measurements. Lightweight ZOO-L balloons make the system extremely portable, and by taking gas samples in oiled loo-ml syringes, soon after gas collection, the worry of diffusion through the balloons is eliminated. Either the breathing valve or collection valve can be altered to accommodate single-breath sampling. A comparison of ventilator-y volumes collected by the system, with those of similar systems, indicates that higher air volumes may be moved when necessary; VE values over 220 L/min (BTPS) have been recorded during running on a track. breathing valve; gas collection valve; pulmonary gas exchangeTHE MEASUREMENT of oxygen consumption (002) during exercise is a widely used and accepted means of assessing work capacity and energy expenditure. To determine his VOP the subject breathes through a one-way valve either from a gasometer, or into a gasometer or collection bag. A small gas sample must also be taken from the expired side of the system for analysis of the fractions of COs, Or, and Ns. Tubing or flexible hoses connect the breathing valve with the gasometers and/or collection bags. Heavy exercise, involving large ventilatory volumes, requires a breathing valve and system of hoses which are flexible and low in resistance, and have a capacity for measuring or collecting large quantities of air. If continuous volumetric measurements are to be made, there must also be a means for making consecutive gas collections, Further complications arise when testing takes place outside the laboratory and mobility becomes of greater importance. A breathing valve and collection valve have been designed (Fig. 1) which provide a highly mobile low-resistance system and which allow for any number of consecutive collections. This equipment has been used successfully for testing Olympic runners both in the laboratory and while running on the track. Two persons operate the system under normal conditions, but three or more may be necessary in some field situations (Fig. 2). In the laboratory one person can handle the collections if a support is provided for the collection valve.