Cargando…
Thoracic gas compression during forced expiration in patients with emphysema, interstitial lung disease and obesity
BACKGROUND: Dynamic gas compression during forced expiration has an influence on conventional flow-volume spirometry results. The extent of gas compression in different pulmonary disorders remains obscure. Utilizing a flow plethysmograph we determined the difference between thoracic and mouth flows...
Autores principales: | , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
BioMed Central
2014
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3975867/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24593176 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-14-34 |