Assessment of exhaled breath condensate ph in exacerbations of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A longitudinal study

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 182, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1492-1497

  Antus, Balazs ^a   Barta, Imre ^a   Kullmann, Tamas ^a   Lazar, Zsofia ^b   Valyon, Marta ^a   Horvath, Ildiko ^b   Csiszer, Eszter ^a  

^a NATIONAL KORANYI INSTITUTE OF PULMONOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Acidity; Airway; Condenser; Inflammation; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD GAS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

AIR; ASTHMA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BREATH TESTS; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 78650188779     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201003-0451OC     Document Type: Article

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