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Mean nonelastic lung resistance and its equivalents (effective resistance)

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"Mean" nonelastic lung resistance\((\bar R_L )\) has been shown to be equal to the ratio of work over the integral of the flow-volume loop ("equivalent" resistance, RL eq) and to the ratio of the integral of the resistive pressure-time curve over the volume of respired air (RL eff) during any phase of the respiratory cycle. This was shown by computer analysis of 267 flow-time and transpulmonary pressure-time curves (expiratory and inspiratory) from 20 subjects.

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  1. Professorial Medical Unit, "Evangelismos" Hospital, Athens, Greece

    J. Jordanoglou, J. Kontos, N. Patelis & C. Gardikas

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Jordanoglou, J., Kontos, J., Patelis, N. et al. Mean nonelastic lung resistance and its equivalents (effective resistance). Pneumonologie 153, 209–215 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02095887

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