Nitrogen (N2) multiple breath washout: Assessment of ventilation inhomogeneity in severe paediatric asthma

P. de Gouveia Belinelo (Newcastle, Australia), A. Nielsen (Newcastle, Australia), B. Goddard (Newcastle, Australia), A. M. Collison (Newcastle, Australia), P. D. Robinson (Sydney, Australia), B. Whitehead (Newcastle, Australia), J. Hilton (Newcastle, Australia), T. Gulliver (Newcastle, Australia), L. Roddick (Newcastle, Australia), L. Platt (Newcastle, Australia), K. Pearce (Newcastle, Australia), J. Mattes (Newcastle, Australia)

Source: International Congress 2018 – Paediatric asthma: new mechanisms and tools
Session: Paediatric asthma: new mechanisms and tools
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 1316
Disease area: Airway diseases, Paediatric lung diseases

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