Peripheral resistance: A link between global airflow obstruction and regional ventilation distribution

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 504-514

  Wongviriyawong, C ^a,b   Harris, R S ^a   Greenblatt, E ^a,c   Winkler, T ^a   Venegas, J G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Distal lung; Modeling; Peripheral airway; Structure and function

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOCONSTRICTING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRONCHOSPASM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INHALATION TEST; KINETICS; LUNG; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESSURE; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; BRONCHOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; KINETICS; LUNG; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESSURE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; VITAL CAPACITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874271692     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00273.2012     Document Type: Article

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