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Pulmonary function testing

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Perfluorocarbon induced alterations in pulmonary mechanics

Perfluorocarbon (PFC) compounds induce pulmonary hyperinflation and respiratory distress in some animals following intravenous administration. This study was designed to quantify the effects of two PFC emulsions on lung volumes and compliance and to identi ...

1998

A model for geometric and mechanical adaptation of arteries to sustained hypertension

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Jean-Jacques Meister

This study aimed to model phenomenologically the dynamics of arterial wall remodeling under hypertensive conditions. Sustained hypertension was simulated by a step increase in blood pressure. The arterial wall was considered to be a thick-walled tube made ...

American Society of Mechanical Engineers1998

Time constant histograms from the forced expired volume signal: a clinical evaluation

Thomas Liebling

We evaluated a multicompartment analysis of forced expiration, based on modelling the lung as a set of twenty parallel compartments emptying exponentially with time constants ranging from 0.1-10s; the forced expired volume signal was represented ba a histo ...

1989

Coexistence of hypocalciuric hypercalcaemia and interstitial lung disease in a family: a cross-sectional study

Johan Auwerx

In a prospective investigation, a large kindred (twenty-one subjects) with unexplained association of familial hypocalciuric hypercalcaemia and idiopathic interstitial lung disease was studied. Serum calcium was increased in fifteen patients (the youngest ...

1985

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