Reference ranges for interrupter resistance technique: The Asthma UK Initiative

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 157-163

  Merkus, P J F M ^a,b   Stocks, J ^d   Beydon, N ^f   Lombardi, E ^g   Jones, M ^h   McKenzie, S A ^e   Kivastik, J ⁱ   Arets, B G M ^c   Stanojevic, S ^d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^h PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Interrupter technique; Preschool children; Pulmonary function tests; Reference equations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPIRATION DATE; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; INTERRUPTER RESISTANCE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ASTHMA; EXHALATION; INHALATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 77954654634     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00125009     Document Type: Article

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