Multiple-breath washout in preschool children - FRC and ventilation inhomogeneity

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Aurora, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

child; gas mixing; inert gas washout; preschool; ventilation distribution

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EUROPE; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS FLOW; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIPLE BREATH INERT GAS WASHOUT; NITROGEN WASHOUT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TIDAL VOLUME; UNITED STATES;

BREATH TESTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMANS; NOBLE GASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 33746866021     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: 15260550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2006.04.019     Document Type: Review

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