Pulmonary gas trapping increases in asthmatic children and adolescents in the supine position

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-42

  Gustafsson, Per M ^a  

^a QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; Body position; Multiple breath; N2 washout; Sitting; Supine; Ventilation inhomogeneity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY POSTURE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VENTILATION DISTRIBUTION; MALE; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPINE POSITION; VITAL CAPACITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0037706801     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.10310     Document Type: Article

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