Assessment of the alveolar volume when sampling exhaled gas at different expired volumes in the single breath diffusion test
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Alveolar volume measured according to the American Thoracic Society-European Respiratory Society (ATS-ERS) guidelines during the single breath diffusion test can be underestimated when there is maldistribution of ventilation. Therefo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-12-01
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| Series: | BMC Pulmonary Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2466/7/18 |