Functional residual capacity measurements in healthy infants: Ultrasonic flow meter versus a mass spectrometer

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 763-768

  Pillow, Jane J ^a,c,f   Ljungberg, H ^a,d   Hulskamp G ^a,b,e   Stocks, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre for Child Health Research   (Australia)

^d QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^f KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Equipment; Infant; Lung volume measurements; Multiple breath washout; Respiratory function tests; Validation

Indexed keywords

SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREATH ANALYSIS; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

FLOWMETERS; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 2442571164     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.04.00091504     Document Type: Article

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