Comparison of normal infants and infants with cystic fibrosis using forced expiratory flows breathing air and heliox

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-23

  Davis, Stephanie ^a   Jones, Marcus ^a   Kisling, Jeffrey ^a   Howard, John ^a   Tepper, Robert S ^a  

^a RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Early airway disease; Heliox; Infant

Indexed keywords

HELIOX;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW;

AIR; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HELIUM; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG; MALE; MAXIMAL EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; MAXIMAL EXPIRATORY FLOW-VOLUME CURVES; MAXIMAL MIDEXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; OXYGEN; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VENTILATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0035122181     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-0496(200101)31:1<17::AID-PPUL1002>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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