Intrapulmonary gas mixing and the sloping alveolar plateau in COPD patients with macroscopic emphysema

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 166-171

  Wilschut, F A ^a   Van Der Grinten, C P M ^a   Lamers, R J S ^a   Wouters, E F M ^a   Luijendijk, S C M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alveolar plateau; Emphysema; Inert gas; Pulmonary gas exchange; Pulmonary ventilation; Respiratory function tests

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG DEAD SPACE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HELIUM; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TIDAL VOLUME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032874862     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.1999.14a28.x     Document Type: Article

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