The best peak expiratory flow is flow-limited and effort-independent in normal subjects

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1304-1308

  Tantucci, Claudio ^a,b,c   Duguet, Alexandre ^a,b,c   Giampiccolo, Pietro ^a,b,c   Similowski, Thomas ^a,b,c   Zelter, Marc ^a,b,c   Derenne, Jean Philippe ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Expiratory flow limitation; Negative expiratory pressure; Peak expiratory flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; EXPIRATORY FLOW; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG PRESSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MAXIMAL EXPIRATORY FLOW-VOLUME CURVES; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 0036569770     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2012008     Document Type: Article

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