Reference value for expiratory time constant calculated from the maximal expiratory flow-volume curve.

Takamitsu IkedaYasuhiro YamauchiKanji UchidaKoji ObaTakahide NagaseYoshitsugu Yamada

Published in: BMC pulmonary medicine (2019)

Our findings suggest that an RCEXP of longer than approximately 0.6 s can be linked to the presence of airway obstruction. Application of the concept of RCEXP to spontaneously breathing subjects was feasible, using our simple calculation method.

Keyphrases

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