Expiratory flow limitation in patients with pleural effusion

Respiration

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 572-578

  Spyratos, D ^a   Sichletidis, L ^a,b   Manika, K ^a   Kontakiotis, T ^a   Chloros, D ^a   Patakas, D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b G PAPANICOLAOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Expiratory flow limitation; Negative expiratory pressure; Pleural effusion; Pleural pressure; Spirometry; Therapeutic thoracentesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; SUPINE POSITION; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX PRESSURE;

AGED; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW RATES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; SPIROMETRY; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 34547634002     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000101489     Document Type: Article

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