In vivo measurement of O2 and CO2 gas exchange across the human tympanic membrane

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 129, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 716-725

  Yuksel, Sancak ^a   Swarts, J Douglas ^a   Banks, Julianne ^a   Seroky, James T ^a   Doyle, William J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas exchange; Middle ear; Tympanic membrane

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EARDRUM; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; GAS FLOW; GAS PERMEABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIDDLE EAR; MIDDLE EAR PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BLOOD-AIR BARRIER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DIFFUSION; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72049114978     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480802360657     Document Type: Article

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