The rapid shallow breathing index (RSBI) or Yang Tobin index is a tool that is used in the weaning of mechanical ventilation on intensive care units. The...

the diaphragm. Shallow breathing can result in or be symptomatic of rapid breathing and hypoventilation. Most people who breathe shallowly do it throughout...

that described two new indices, the rapid shallow breathing index (RSBI) – initially known as the Yang Tobin Index (Y/T) – and the compliance, respiratory...

The Rapid Shallow Breathing Index (RSBI, the ratio of respiratory frequency to tidal volume (f/VT), previously referred to as the "Yang Tobin Index" or...

the methods below, the common endpoint measurement is a Rapid Shallow Breathing Index (Tobin Index) of less than or equal to 105. The RSBI ("Riz-bee") is...

RSBI may refer to: Radiographic supporting bone index Rapid shallow breathing index This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...

Higher values are observed when snoring. Work of breathing is a measure of a "Rapid shallow breathing index". Peak/mean inspiratory and expiratory flow measures...

get the same amount of usable air or breathing gas, and increasing the accumulation of carbon dioxide from shallow breaths. It is in effect an external...

the breathing gas to maintain the required concentration of oxygen. However, if this is done without removing the carbon dioxide, it will rapidly build...

British English) is a sleep-related breathing disorder in which repetitive pauses in breathing, periods of shallow breathing, or collapse of the upper airway...

metres (217 feet). Breathing air is air meeting specified standards for contaminants. Pure oxygen is mainly used to speed the shallow decompression stops...

shallow water use. The helmet isolates the diver's head from the water, allows the diver to see clearly underwater, provides the diver with breathing...

is illustrated in the graphs in section Shallow water blackout recovery breathing Also known as hook breathing. This is a technique used by free divers...

Trimix is a breathing gas consisting of oxygen, helium and nitrogen and is used in deep commercial diving, during the deep phase of dives carried out...

underwater, both during breath-hold dives and while breathing at ambient pressure from a suitable breathing gas supply. It, therefore, includes the range of...

helium–oxygen mixture to prevent nitrogen narcosis, and limit work of breathing, but at shallow depths saturation diving has been done on nitrox mixtures. Most...

over the longer term. The practice of shallow breathing or skip breathing in an attempt to conserve breathing gas should be avoided as it is inefficient...

"brain freeze", and is frequently associated with the rapid consumption of ice cream. The shallowness of the venous blood supply of the mucosa contributes...

exposed to concentrations higher than 6% to 8% victims often exhibit shallow breathing, loss of consciousnesses, and depressed heart-rate. They can be roused...

that is not attributable to another cause of excessively slow or shallow breathing. The most effective treatment is weight loss, but this may require...

Clinical signs include flushed skin, full pulse (bounding pulse), rapid breathing, premature heart beats, muscle twitches, and hand flaps (asterixis)...

arises from abnormal breathing. Asphyxia causes generalized hypoxia, which affects all the tissues and organs, some more rapidly than others. There are...

use no equipment at all, or a wide range of equipment which may include breathing apparatus, environmental protective clothing, aids to vision, communication...

use no equipment at all, or a wide range of equipment which may include breathing apparatus, environmental protective clothing, aids to vision, communication...

  Rapid breathing as the body's response to hypercapnia. 3.  Rapid, often shallow breathing, associated with panic. hyperventilation-induced blackout See:...

considered a substitute for the more important shallow safety stop on a no-stop dive. Switching breathing gas mix during the ascent will influence the depth...

tachypnea (rapid, often shallow, breathing). Severity of symptom presentation is commonly an indication of severity of hypoxia. Tachycardia (rapid pulse)...

new depth. Rapid compression potentiates narcosis owing to carbon dioxide retention. A divers' cognition may be affected on dives as shallow as 10 m (33 ft)...

increases the risk of shallow water blackout because insufficient carbon dioxide levels in the blood fail to trigger the breathing reflex. A continued lack...

passageways, making breathing difficult, and collapse blood vessels. Symptoms range from pain under the sternum, shock, shallow breathing, unconsciousness...