Airway occlusion assessed by single breath N2 test and lung P-V curve in healthy subjects and COPD patients

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 234, Issue , 2016, Pages 60-68

  Pecchiari, Matteo ^a   Radovanovic, Dejan ^a   Santus, Pierachille ^a   D'Angelo, Edgardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airway resistance; Closing volume; Lung pressure volume curve; Phase IV; Single breath nitrogen test; Single breath oxygen test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LUNG CLOSING VOLUME; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SINGLE BREATH NITROGEN TEST; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; AGE; AGED; BREATH ANALYSIS; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

NITROGEN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BREATH TESTS; CLOSING VOLUME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84991408465     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: 18781519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2016.09.006     Document Type: Article

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