Problems in the measurement of functional residual capacity

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 99-107

  Broughton, Simon J ^a   Sylvester, Karl P ^a   Page, Chloe M ^a   Rafferty, Gerrard F ^a   Milner, Anthony D ^a   Greenough, Anne ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional residual capacity; Functional residual capacity measurements; Helium dilution; Plethysmography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DISEASE CONTROL; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

ADIABATIC EFFECT; DILUTION SYSTEMS; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITIES; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY MEASUREMENT; GAS DILUTION; HELIUM DILUTION; HELIUM GAS; LUNG MODEL; MEASUREMENTS OF;

HELIUM;

COPPER;

ARTICLE; DILUTION; ERROR; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; GAS ANALYSIS; LUNG VOLUME; MEASUREMENT; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 32544442709     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/27/2/001     Document Type: Article

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