Re-breathing vs single-breath TLCO in patients with unequal ventilation and diffusion

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-24

  Jansons, H ^a,b   Fokkens, J K ^a   Van Der Tweel, I ^a   Kreukniet, J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG DIFFUSION; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG TRANSFER FACTOR; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REBREATHING; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; VARIANCE; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0031889709     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(98)90026-9     Document Type: Article

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