Analysis of forced wheezes in asthma patients

Respiration

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-60

  Fiz, J A ^a   Jane R ^b   Izquierdo, J ^a   Homs, A ^b   Garcia M A ^a   Gomez, R ^a   Monso, E ^a   Morera, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b Ctr Recerca en Enginyeria Biomedica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asthma; Diagnosis; Forced expiratory maneuver; Monitoring; Signal Processing; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE; TERBUTALINE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROPHONE; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SPIROMETRY; TRACHEA; WHEEZING;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 33644499837     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087690     Document Type: Article

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