OBJECTIVE To determine the agreement between interrupter resistance (Rint) and airway resistance (Raw) by plethysmography in order to verify the clinical applicability of the interrupter technique. METHODS The Rint technique was performed with the patients in a sitting position, during exhalation, with a nose clip and cheek support. Plethysmography was carried out in accordance with standard ...

INTRODUCTION Arterial stiffness is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and can be assessed by applanation tonometry by measuring pulse wave velocity (PWV) and augmentation index (AIX) by pressure pulse wave analysis (PWA). As an inexpensive and operator independent alternative, photoelectric plethysmography (PPG) has been introduced with analysis of the digital volume pulse ...

To link hypertension-related phenotypes with chromosomal loci, genome scans were performed in 150 African American sib pairs concordant for essential hypertension. Phenotypes included blood pressure, anthropomorphic measurements, and estimates of body fluid compartments as determined by impedance plethysmography. These phenotypes were also measured in 335 normotensive African Americans. Phenoty...

An automated method of measuring airways resistance (Raw) and thoracic gas volume (Vtg) by whole body plethysmography using a digital computer is described. The results obtained by this method are compared with those obtained by an experienced observer and the results of consistency tests on the two methods are given. There was wide variability in the values of Raw obtained using each method, a...

To test the hypothesis that stress alters the performance of the respiratory control system, we compared the acute (20 min) responses to moderate hypoxia and hypercapnia of rats previously subjected to immobilization stress (90 min/day) with responses of control animals. Ventilatory measurements were performed on awake rats using whole body plethysmography. Under baseline conditions, there were...

The experimental evidence reported here supports the validity of venous occlusion plethysmog-raphy. 1 modified the technic of Brodie, 2 venous occlusion plethysmography has been widely employed to estimate blood flow in fingers, toes, and limbs. Several excellent comprehensive reviews of the technical pitfalls of the method are available. 3-4 The validity of the venous occlusion technic of plet...

Patients with familial dysautonomia (FD) frequently have profound orthostatic hypotension without compensatory tachycardia. Although the aetiology is presumed to be sympathetic impairment, peripheral vascular responses to orthostasis have not been assessed. The aim of this study was to evaluate the control of vascular responses to postural stress in FD patients. Measurements of heart rate, bloo...