Transdiaphragmatic pressure in young adult Singaporean subjects - normal values and a comparison between different respiratory manoeuvres

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-81

  Chan, Choong Chee ^a   Cheong, Tuck Hong ^a   Wang, Yee Tang ^a   Poh, Soo Chuan ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chinese subjects; Normal values; Pdi PImax; Pdi TLC; Sniff Pdi; Transdiaphragmatic pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; DIAPHRAGM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MANOMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SINGAPORE; SNIFFING;

EID: 0029978090     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1996.tb02910.x     Document Type: Article

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