Evaluation of catheter-mounted transducers for intra-oesophageal pressure recording in respiratory function tests

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 562-567

  Peters, R J A ^a,b   Meijer, J H ^a   Kingma, R ^b   Scheffer, G J ^b   Heethaar, R M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Oesophageal manometry; Pulmonary mechanics; Respiratory function test; Technique

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; PULMONARY DISEASES; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TISSUE; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

CATHETER-MOUNTED TRANSDUCERS; INTRA-OESOPHAGEAL PRESSURE RECORDING; OESOPHAGEAL MANOMETRY; PULMONARY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

CATHETERS;

ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CALIBRATION; CATHETER; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG MECHANICS; MANOMETRY; MUCUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; ESOPHAGUS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 0032169153     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02524424     Document Type: Article

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