How should we estimate driving pressure to measure interrupter resistance in children?

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 757-763

  Seddon, P ^a   Wertheim, D ^b   Bridge, P ^c   Bastian Lee, Y ^a  

^a ROYAL ALEXANDRA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Child; Interrupter resistance; Pressure transient

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRUPTER RESISTANCE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ALGORITHMS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 35348840084     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20634     Document Type: Article

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