Does negative expiratory pressure (NEP) during spontaneous breathing predict respiratory impairment in elderly?

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 66-69

  Vanpee, Dominique ^a   Delwiche, J P ^a   Swine, C ^a   Jamart, J ^a   Delaunois, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Airways obstruction; Dyspnea; Elderly; Negative expiratory pressure

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPNEA; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIROMETRY; TIDAL VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 10944236853     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2004.05.011     Document Type: Article

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