Exhalation flow and pressure-controlled reservoir collection of exhaled nitric oxide for remote and delayed analysis

Thorax

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 775-779

  Paredi, P ^a,b   Loukides, S ^a   Ward, S ^c   Cramer, D ^c   Spicer, M ^c   Kharitonov, S A ^a   Barnes, P J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b University Hospital   (Italy)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exhaled nitric oxide; Reservoir collection

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; SILICA GEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXPIRATORY FLOW; EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR;

EID: 0031689636     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.53.9.775     Document Type: Article

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