Does the multiple-breath washout test need to be measured before spirometry?

Jacky W.Y. Au, Reginald McDonald, Sanja Stanojevic, Felix Ratjen

Source: ERJ Open Res, 5 (1) 00230-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00230-2018
Journal Issue: February
Disease area: Airway diseases, Paediatric lung diseases

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