Maximal Expiratory Flow at FRC (V′maxFRC): Methods of Selection and Differences in Reported Values

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 318-323

  Koumbourlis, Anastassios C ^a,j   Chen, Xin C ^b   Rao, J Sunil ^b   Schluchter, Mark D ^b   Easley, Kirk ^b   Colin, Andrew A ^c   Hiatt, Peter ^d   Kattan, Meyer ^e   McCarthy, Kevin ^b   Mellins, Robert B ^a   Peavy, Hannah ^f   Platzker, Arnold C G ^g   Steinbach, Suzanne ^h   Ting, Andrew ^e   Weisner, Michael D ⁱ   Wohl, Mary Ellen B ^c  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^h BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ Equilibrated Bio Systems Incorporated   (United States)

^j SCHNEIDER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

Infant pulmonary function testing; Maximal expiratory flow; Partial expiratory flow volume curves; Rapid thoracoabdominal compression

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MAXIMAL EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; MAXIMAL EXPIRATORY FLOW-VOLUME CURVES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 11144355871     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.10452     Document Type: Article

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