Effect of pattern and severity of respiratory muscle weakness on carbon monoxide gas transfer and lung volumes

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 996-1002

  Hart, N ^a   Cramer, D ^a   Ward, S P ^a   Nickol, A H ^a   Moxham, J ^a   Polkey, M I ^a   Pride, N B ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide transfer; Lung volumes; Respiratory muscle weakness

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; GAS DIFFUSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG TRANSFER FACTOR; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNIFFING; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 0036798113     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00.00286702     Document Type: Article

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