Pulmonary perfusion is more uniform in the prone than in the supine position: Scintigraphy in healthy humans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1135-1141

  Nyrén, Sven ^a   Mure, Margareta ^a   Jacobsson, Hans ^a   Larsson, Stig A ^a   Lindahl, Sten G E ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Continuous positive airway pressure; Gravity dependence; Human volunteers; Lung perfusion; Prone position; Single photon emission computed tomography; Supine position

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0006083960     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.86.4.1135     Document Type: Article

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