Pulmonary function test in upper airway obstruction: a simple yet effective diagnostic test
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Pulmonary edema and upper airway obstruction.
Recently, DE Sofer et al(Chest 1984; 86:401-03)suggested that the pulmonary edema ofpatients with upper airway obstruction (UAO) was roentgenologically invisible because of the increase in lung volume befure the reliefofthe obstruction. In Dr. Sofer’s article, as well as in others,’4 objective dates ofincrease in lung volumes are not reported. Research in patients with chronic UAO showed differ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1110-7782,2090-9098
DOI: 10.4103/ejim.ejim_100_18