Flutter in airways of finite length: a model for wheezing

摘要

Wheezes are amost pure tones at frequencies of the order of 1 kHz (Grotberg 1994; Gavriely et al. 1989). They are a qualitative indication of respiratory distress. Here we examine the effect of introducing finite length into a model of wheezing in an infinite length airway (Grotberg and Reiss 1984; Grotberg and Shee 1985).