Single-breath washouts in a rotating stretcher

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1415-1423

  Rodriguez Nieto M J ^a   Peces Barba, G ^a   Gonzalez Mangado N ^a   Verbanck, S ^b   Paiva, M ^c  

^a Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cardiogenic oscillations; Phase III slope; Phase IV height; Posture; Ventilation inhomogeneity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS; GRAVITY; HUMAN; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SITTING; STANDING; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0035103264     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2001.90.4.1415     Document Type: Article

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