Instrumentation for differentiation of exhaled air

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo Santos ◽  
Valentina Vassilenko ◽  
Pedro Moura ◽  
Carolina Conduto ◽  
Jorge Fernandes ◽  
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1987 ◽  
Vol 26 (03) ◽  
pp. 143-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Fill ◽  
M. Oberladstätter ◽  
J. W. Krzesniak

The mean activity concentration of1311 during inhalation by the nuclear medicine personnel was measured at therapeutic activity applications of 22 GBq (600 mCi) per week. The activity concentration reached its maximum in the exhaled air of the patients 2.5 to 4 hours after oral application. The normalized maximum was between 2 • 10−5 and 2 • 10−3 Bq-m−3 per administered Bq. The mean activity concentration of1311 inhaled by the personnel was 28 to 1300 Bq-m−3 (0.8 to 35 nCi-rrf−3). From this the1311 uptake per year was estimated to be 30 to 400 kBq/a (x̄ = 250, SD = 50%). The maximum permitted uptake from air per year is, according to the German and Austrian radiation protection ordinances 22/21 µiCi/a (= 8 • 105 Bq/a). At maximum 50% and, on the average, 30% of this threshold value are reached. The length of stay of the personnel in the patient rooms is already now limited to such an extent that 10% of the maximum permissible whole-body dose for external radiation is not exceeded. Therefore, increased attention should be paid also to radiation exposure by inhalation.


Author(s):  
C. Raimkulova ◽  
S. Aronbaev ◽  
S. Vasina ◽  
D. Aronbaev
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2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir I. Chernov ◽  
Evgeniy L. Choynzonov ◽  
Denis E. Kulbakin ◽  
Ekaterina N. Menkova ◽  
Elena V. Obkhodskaya ◽  
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1981 ◽  
Vol 211 (1184) ◽  
pp. 305-319 ◽  

We have found that camels can reduce the water loss due to evaporation from the respiratory tract in two ways: (1) by decreasing the temperature of the exhaled air and (2) by removal of water vapour from this air, resulting in the exhalation of air at less than 100% relative humidity (r. h.). Camels were kept under desert conditions and deprived of drinking water. In the daytime the exhaled air was at or near body core temperature, while in the cooler night exhaled air was at or near ambient air temperature. In the daytime the exhaled air was fully saturated, but at night its humidity might fall to approximately 75% r. h. The combination of cooling and desaturation can provide a saving of water of 60% relative to exhalation of saturated air at body temperature. The mechanism responsible for cooling of the exhaled air is a simple heat exchange between the respiratory air and the surfaces of the nasal passageways. On inhalation these surfaces are cooled by the air passing over them, and on exhalation heat from the exhaled air is given off to these cooler surfaces. The mechanism responsible for desaturation of the air appears to depend on the hygroscopic properties of the nasal surfaces when the camel is dehydrated. The surfaces give off water vapour during inhalation and take up water from the respiratory air during exhalation. We have used a simple mechanical model to demonstrate the effectiveness of this mechanism.


2009 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimo Pifferi ◽  
Vincenzo Ragazzo ◽  
Antonino Previti ◽  
Giovanni Pioggia ◽  
Marcello Ferro ◽  
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CHEST Journal ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 132 (2) ◽  
pp. 540-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S. Hui ◽  
Stephen D. Hall ◽  
Matthew T.V. Chan ◽  
Benny K. Chow ◽  
Susanna S. Ng ◽  
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Chemosphere ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 87 (11) ◽  
pp. 1260-1264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soon-Bark Kwon ◽  
Jaehyung Park ◽  
Jaeyoun Jang ◽  
Youngmin Cho ◽  
Duck-Shin Park ◽  
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