Assessment of functional residual capacity using nitrogen washout and plethysmographic techniques in infants with and without bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 469-475

  Wauer, R R ^a   Maurer, T ^a   Nowotny, T ^a   Schmalisch, G ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body plethysmography; Bronchopulmonary dysplasia; Functional residual capacity; Infant; Lung inhomogeneity; Nitrogen wash out

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG DYSPLASIA; LUNG VOLUME; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NITROGEN WASHOUT; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BREATH TESTS; BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NITROGEN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, WHOLE BODY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN;

EID: 0031747981     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340050598     Document Type: Article

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