Modifications to a photoacoustic gas analyser increases accuracy of functional residual capacity measurements by multiple breath washout of SF6 in an infant lung model

K. Macleod, A. Horsley, P. Latzin, N. Bell, J. A. Innes, S. Cunningham (Edinburgh, United Kingdom; Bern, Switzerland)

Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Clinical applications of ventilatory function tests in paediatric pulmonology
Session: Clinical applications of ventilatory function tests in paediatric pulmonology
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 3909
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases, Pulmonary vascular diseases

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K. Macleod, A. Horsley, P. Latzin, N. Bell, J. A. Innes, S. Cunningham (Edinburgh, United Kingdom; Bern, Switzerland). Modifications to a photoacoustic gas analyser increases accuracy of functional residual capacity measurements by multiple breath washout of SF6 in an infant lung model. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, 3909

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