What is Minute Ventilation?
Read the following guide and watch the videos below. Upon completing the videos, the Quiz and Interactive Page will become unlocked.
At the end, there is an interactive graph to review where the possible values for the Minute Ventilation are graphed in their entirety. It is quite fun to look at and play with!
Basic Equation
\[ \text{Minute Ventilation} = \text{Respiratory Rate} \times \text{Tidal Volume} \]
Abbreviated Form
VE = RR × VT
Expanded Formula
\[ VE = \left( \frac{60}{(I\text{-time} + I\text{-Pause}) + (E\text{-time} + E\text{-Pause})} \right) \times Vt \]
Comprehensive Formula
\[VE = \left( \frac{60}{(I\text{-time} + I\text{-Pause}) + (E\text{-time} + E\text{-Pause})} \right) \times \int_{0}^{I\text{-time} + I\text{-Pause}} \dot{V}(t) \, dt \]
Video Demonstrations
The Base Equation
This animation demonstrates the fundamental equation of minute ventilation and its component measurements.
Technical Demonstration of Equation
Step-by-step examples showing practical application of the minute ventilation calculation.
Clinical Interpretation Through Data Visualization
The following videos demonstrate how minute ventilation data can be transformed into clinically actionable information:
- Video 3: Color-coded classification system
- Video 4: Large dataset analysis
Large Dataset Visualization
Let us attempt to graph a large amount of data points from computing Minute Ventilation and see the shape it would take on, then proceed to the Interactive Graph Exhibit to play with all the values instead of the small section we show graphed here.
References
Casillas, Paul. Graphing Minute Ventilation Webpage. 2025, March.