Total lung capacity N2 washout from high and low lung volumes in ventilated infants and children

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 526-531

  Hammer, Jürg ^a,b   Numa, Andrew ^a   Newth, Christopher J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; INTUBATION; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARALYSIS; PNEUMOTACHYGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0031870858     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.158.2.9710096     Document Type: Article

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