Respiratory Function in Healthy Taiwanese Infants: Tidal Breathing Analysis, Passive Mechanics, and Tidal Forced Expiration.

Although infant lung function (ILF) testing is widely practiced in developed Western countries it is not typically performed in Eastern countries, and lung measurements are scarce for Asian infants. Therefore, this study aimed to establish normal reference values for Taiwanese infants.Full-term infa...

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Main Authors: Shen-Hao Lai, Sui-Ling Liao, Tsung-Chieh Yao, Ming-Han Tsai, Man-Chin Hua, Kuo-Wei Yeh, Jing-Long Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4641614?pdf=render