Airway compliance studied by lumen area changes alone cannot discriminate between collapsibility and elasticity

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-108

  Dournes, Gaël ^a,b,c   Berger, Patrick ^a,b,c   Laurent, François ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE CARDIO THORACIQUE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY COMPLIANCE; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ASTHMA; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHIOLE; BRONCHUS MUSCLE; LETTER; LUNG COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84871993589     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.187.1.107b     Document Type: Letter

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