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Control of Breathing

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Respiratory System and Artificial Ventilation

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The physiological control of the respiratory system is unique among organ systems. Breathing is essential to life and must occur 24 h a day, 365 days a year, in the conscious or unconscious state, awake or asleep. At the same time, humans and other mammals need to be able to temporarily interrupt the normal pattern of breathing to perform other functions, such as eating and vocalising [1]. The voluntary and involuntary control of the respiratory system is unequalled and a very complex process. This chapter will appraise some relevant issues to improve clinicians’ understanding of the normal mechanism of breathing and its possible disorders in disease.

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  1. Laboratory of Respiration Physiology, Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    F. B. Santos, L. K. S. Nagato & W. A. Zin

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  1. Department of Perioperative Medicine Intensive Care and Emergency Cattinara Hospital, Trieste University School of Medicine, Trieste, Italy

    Umberto Lucangelo

  2. Department of Clinical Science, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

    Paolo Pelosi

  3. Laboratory of Respiration Physiology Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Walter A. Zin

  4. TMB Laboratory Department of Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Andrea Aliverti

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Santos, F.B., Nagato, L.K.S., Zin, W.A. (2008). Control of Breathing. In: Lucangelo, U., Pelosi, P., Zin, W.A., Aliverti, A. (eds) Respiratory System and Artificial Ventilation. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0765-9_1

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