...R. van Altena; F. Gimeno Data on reference values of total respiratory resistance (R int ) in healthy people are limited. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between R int and gender, height, weight, age and smoking habits. The instrument used was the Jaeger Pneumoscope...

... spirograms were done at the beginning of the examination in all subjects, and repeated after 10 mg of oral nifedipine or a placebo. The change of respiratory resistance during the inhalation of acetylcholine or histamine was recorded continuously by an Astograph®. Using this device, we were able to obtain...

... 34:61-68 (1977) Continuous Measurement of Respiratory Resistance in Asthmatic Children Adam Wanner, Stephen Zarzecki and Meyer B. Marks The Jane and Edward Shapiro Pulmonary Suite, Division of Pulmonary Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach. Fla. Key Words...

...W. Petro; G.v. Nieding; W. Böll; U. Smidt The respiratory resistance (R os ) as measured by an oscillation method, and the airway resistance (R aw ) as measured by body plethysmography were determined in 10 healthy volunteers thrice daily every week over a period of 22 weeks. R os in 9...