Validation of the Deltatrac metabolic cart for measurement of dead- space-to-tidal-volume ratio

Respiratory Care

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 761-764

  MacKinnon, John C ^a   Houston, Patricia L ^a   McGuire, Glenn P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DEAD SPACE; MALE; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 0030744039     PISSN: 00989142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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