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Effects of positive expiratory pressure on pulmonary clearance of aerosolized technetium-99m-labeled diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid in healthy individuals

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of positive expiratory pressure (PEP) on pulmonary epithelial membrane permeability in healthy subjects. METHODS: We evaluated a cohort of 30 healthy subjects (15 males and 15 females) with a mean age of 28.3 ± 5.4 years, a mean FEV(1)/FVC ratio of 0.89 ± 0.14, and...

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Autores principales: de Albuquerque, Isabella Martins, Cardoso, Dannuey Machado, Masiero, Paulo Ricardo, Paiva, Dulciane Nunes, Resqueti, Vanessa Regiane, Fregonezi, Guilherme Augusto de Freitas, Menna-Barreto, Sérgio Saldanha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5344088/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28117469
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37562016000000320