The high speed interrupter technique (HIT) and its role in wheezing disorders in infants

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 16, 1997, Pages 242-244

  Frey, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; WHEEZING; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING DISORDER; BREATHING MECHANICS; FEMALE; HIGH FREQUENCY VENTILATION; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

FEMALE; HIGH-FREQUENCY VENTILATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY THERAPY;

EID: 0031299864     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.19502308126     Document Type: Conference Paper

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