Multiple breath nitrogen washout profiles in asthmatic patients: What do they mean clinically?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1329-1330

  Kaminsky, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma exacerbation; Inert gas washout; multiple breath nitrogen washout; slope of phase III; ventilation heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

INERT GAS;

AIR CONDITIONING; ASTHMA; BREATH ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GAS TRANSPORT; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; MEASUREMENT; NITROGEN WASHOUT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE;

EID: 84876918554     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.02.015     Document Type: Editorial

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