Relationships between the lung clearance index and conductive and acinar ventilation heterogeneity

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 782-790

  Verbanck, Sylvia ^a   Paiva, Manuel ^b   Schuermans, Daniel ^a   Hanon, Shane ^a   Vincken, Walter ^a   Van Muylem, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dead space; Multiple breath washout; Specific ventilation

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATH ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATION TEST; LUNG; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; NITROGEN; PULMONARY VENTILATION;

EID: 84859568289     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01221.2011     Document Type: Article

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