Feasibility and variability of the double-tracer gas single-breath washout in a paediatric field study.

J. Kurz (Bern, Switzerland), R. Mozún (Bern, Switzerland), S. Nyilas (Bern, Switzerland), C. Kuehni (Bern, Switzerland), P. Latzin (Bern, Switzerland), A. Moeller (Zurich, Switzerland), F. Singer (Bern, Switzerland)

Source: International Congress 2019 – Evaluation of breathing in children when they are asleep, healthy or ill
Session: Evaluation of breathing in children when they are asleep, healthy or ill
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 920
Disease area: Airway diseases, Paediatric lung diseases

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