The assessment of airflow obstruction. Role of measurements of airways resistance and of tests of forced expiration.
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Summary
The absence of expiratory dynamic compression when airways resistance is raised suggests that the obstruction is extrathoracic, and the best tests for detecting the earliest stages of airway disease may be those which depend on regional abnormalities in the distribution of ventilation.
- Type
- review
- Published
- 1971-01-01
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- 66
- References
- 30
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Keywords
Medicine, Elastic recoil, Airway resistance, Airflow, Ventilation (architecture)
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