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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...

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Autores principales: Piirilä, Päivi L, Hodgson, Ulla, Wuorimaa, Tomi, Smith, Hans-Jürgen, Sovijärvi, Anssi RA
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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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