Airway closure: demonstration by breathing 100 percent O2 at low lung volumes and by N2 washout

J Appl Physiol. 1968 Aug;25(2):139-48. doi: 10.1152/jappl.1968.25.2.139.
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MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Lung / physiology*
  • Lung Compliance
  • Male
  • Methods
  • Middle Aged
  • Nitrogen*
  • Oxygen / pharmacology*
  • Plethysmography
  • Pressure
  • Pulmonary Atelectasis / physiopathology
  • Respiration / physiology*

Substances

  • Nitrogen
  • Oxygen