Total lung capacity: Single breath methane dilution versus plethysmography in normals

Respirology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 291-294

  Pesola, Gene R ^a   Magari, Robert T ^b   Dartey Hayford, Samuel ^a   Coelho D'Costa, Vinette ^a   Chinchilli, Vernon M ^c  

^a Harlem Hospital/Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Penn State College of Medicine ^*

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreement between methods; Methane dilution; Plethysmography; TLC

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DILUTION; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPIROMETRY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

ADULT; BREATH TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDICATOR DILUTION TECHNIQUES; MALE; METHANE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

EID: 33846934664     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.01040.x     Document Type: Article

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