Closed circuit rebreathing to achieve inert gas wash-in for multiple breath wash-out
Multiple breath wash-out (MBW) testing requires prior wash-in of inert tracer gas. Wash-in efficiency can be enhanced by a rebreathing tracer in a closed circuit. Previous attempts to deploy this did not account for the impact of CO2 accumulation on patients and were unsuccessful. We hypothesised th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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European Respiratory Society
2016-01-01
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| Series: | ERJ Open Research |
| Online Access: | http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/2/1/00042-2015.full |