A threshold lung volume for optimal mechanical effects on upper airway airflow dynamics: Studies in an anesthetized rabbit model

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1197-1205

  Kairaitis, Kristina ^a,b   Verma, Manisha ^a,b   Amatoury, Jason ^a,b   Wheatley, John R ^a,b   White, David P ^a,b   Amis, Terence C ^a,b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung volume; Tissue pressure; Tracheal traction; Upper airway obstruction; Upper airway resistance

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; PHARYNX; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRACHEA;

AIR PRESSURE; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; PHARYNX; RABBITS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; TRACHEA;

EID: 84859582414     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01286.2011     Document Type: Article

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