Quantifying the shape of the maximal expiratory flow-volume curve in mild COPD

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 219, Issue , 2015, Pages 30-35

  Dominelli, Paolo B ^a   Foster, Glen E ^b   Guenette, Jordan A ^a   Haverkamp, Hans C ^c   Eves, Neil D ^b   Dominelli, Giulio S ^a   Henderson, William R ^a   O'Donnell, Denis E ^d   Sheel, A William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c LYNDON STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Effort independent; Lung heterogeneity; Pulmonary function; Slope ratio; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRATORY FLOW; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; LUNG VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MAXIMAL EXPIRATORY FLOW-VOLUME CURVES; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84939804860     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: 18781519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2015.08.002     Document Type: Article

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