Application of impulse oscillometry in respiratory system evaluation in elderly patients.

CONCLUSIONS: As R5-R20 is regarded as a measure of peripheral airways resistance, IOS may serve as an interesting complementary or alternative method for spirometry in elderly subjects for evaluation of the state of respiratory system.
PMID: 24964235 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska - June 28, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Tomalak W, Czajkowska-Malinowska M, Radliński J Tags: Pneumonol Alergol Pol Source Type: research