Pendelluft in Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Measured with Lung Sounds
Objective. The phenomenon of pendelluft was described over five decades ago. In patients with regional variations in resistance and elastance, gas moves at the beginning of inspiration out of some alveoli into others. Gas moves in the opposite direction at the end of inspiration. The objective of th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Pulmonary Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/139395 |