Electrical impedance tomography in the clinical assessment of lung volumes following recruitment manoeuvres

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-74

  Caruana, Lawrence R ^a,b   Paratz, Jennifer ^a   Chang, Angela T ^a   Fraser, John F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrical impedance tomography; End expiratory lung volumes; Functional residual capacity; Lung volumes; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016467195     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743288X10Y.0000000021     Document Type: Article

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