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Aging effects on airflow dynamics and lung function in human bronchioles
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The mortality rate for patients requiring mechanical ventilation is about 35% and this rate increases to about 53% for the elderly. In general, with increasing age, the dynamic lung function and respiratory mechanics are compromised, and several experiments are being conduc...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5573216/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28846719 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0183654 |