Applicability of interrupter resistance measurements using the MicroRint® in daily practice

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 366-374

  Arets, H G M ^a   Brackel, H J L ^a   van der Ent, C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Airway resistance; Asthma; Children; Interrupter technique; Lung function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BRONCHODILATATION; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NORMAL VALUE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0037383644     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2002.1452     Document Type: Article

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