Open AccessDoes Excessive Dynamic Airway Collapse Have Any Impact on Dynamic Pulmonary Function Tests?
Author(s) -
Ivar Ellingsen,
Nils Henrik Holmedahl
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of bronchology and interventional pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.648
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1944-6586
pISSN - 1948-8270
DOI - 10.1097/lbr.0000000000000040
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary function testing , airway obstruction , airway , lumen (anatomy) , airway resistance , expiration , bronchoscopy , cardiology , surgery , respiratory system
Excessive dynamic airway collapse (EDAC) represents pathologic obstruction, but the flow resistance it creates and the possible impact on pulmonary function tests is unclear. Our aims were to explore the flow resistance in a model, and in patients to relate observed EDAC to pulmonary function tests.