Monitoring the temporal changes of respiratory resistance: A novel test for the management of asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1330-1331

  Gulotta, Carlo ^a   Suki, Béla ^b   Brusasco, Vito ^c   Pellegrino, Riccardo ^d   Gobbi, Alessandro ^e   Pedotti, Antonio ^e   Dellacà, Raffaele L ^e  

^a SAN LUIGI GONZAGA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTIFACT; ASTHMA; AUDITORY FEEDBACK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG RESISTANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84862548137     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.185.12.1330     Document Type: Letter

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