Usefulness of flow volume loops in emergency center and ICU settings

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 481-488

  Guntupalli, Kalpalatha K ^a,b   Bandi, Venkata ^a   Sirgi, Corinne ^a   Pope, Caryn ^a   Rios, Alex ^a   Eschenbacher, William ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BEN TAUB GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; RHINOSCLEROMA; SPIROMETRY; TRACHEA STENOSIS; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 0031028933     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.2.481     Document Type: Article

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