A new approach to the determination of airway resistance: Interrupter technique vs. plethysmography;Uma nova abordagem na determinação da resistência das vias aéreas: Técnica do interruptor vs. pletismografia

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-68

  Gritti, Leandro Antônio ^a   Barreto, Sérgio Saldanha Menna ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction diagnosis; Airway resistance; Diagnostic techniques; Plethysmography; Respiratory function tests; Respiratory system

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952649191     PISSN: 18063713     EISSN: 18063713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1806-37132011000100010     Document Type: Article

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