Accuracy of whole-body plethysmography requires biological calibration

Chest

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1476-1480

  Poorisrisak, Porntiva ^a   Vrang, Carsten ^a   Henriksen, Jorn Molgaard ^b   Klug, Bent ^c   Hanel, Birgitte ^d   Bisgaard, Hans ^e,f  

^a NAESTVED HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Lung function tests; Multicenter study; Quality control; Specific airway resistance; Whole body plethysmography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; CALIBRATION; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 66649135839     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-1555     Document Type: Article

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