Limitations of electronic compensation for measuring plethysmographic airway resistance in infants

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-52

  Subbarao, Padmaja ^a,b   Hulskamp, Georg ^a,c   Stocks, Janet ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway resistance; Electronic compensation; Infant; Methodology; Plethysmography; Respiratory function tests

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CALCULATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTIFACTS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 21444452603     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20217     Document Type: Article

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