Sniff nasal inspiratory pressure: Simple or too simple?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 881-883

  Fitting, Jean William ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTERIAL GAS; ASTHMA; ATELECTASIS; BREATHING MUSCLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; EDITORIAL; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG INFECTION; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NOSE CONGESTION; OXIMETRY; PHRENIC NERVE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; SNIFFING; VITAL CAPACITY;

HUMANS; INHALATION; NOSE; PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES;

EID: 33845485450     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.06.00007906     Document Type: Editorial

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