The opening interrupter technique for respiratory resistance measurements in children

Respirology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1104-1110

  Oswald Mammosser, Monique ^a   Charloux, Anne ^a   Enache, Irina ^a   Lonsdorfer Wolf, Evelyne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

airway obstruction; interrupter technique; plethysmography; resistance; tissue component

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BRONCHODILATATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG PRESSURE; LUNG RESISTANCE; MOUTH OCCLUSION PRESSURE; OPENING INTERRUPTER TECHNIQUE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 77957281727     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2010.01828.x     Document Type: Article

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