... cases of spinal decompression illness are associated with a right-to-left shunt. Correspondence : Dr Peter Wilmshurst. 9 11 1999 15 2 2000 21 3 2000 The Biochemical Society and the Medical Research Society © 2000 2000 airways obstruction atrial septal defects cerebral...

.... 6 . In each of the five patients the relationship between breathlessness and minute ventilation was the same whether breathing air or 60% oxygen, despite the reduction in ventilation for a given work rate. Key words: airways obstruction, dyspnoea, hypox- aemia, ventilation. Introduction...

... an easy and sensitive technique for detecting bronchoconstriction. 6 3 1980 21 8 1980 © 1981 The Biochemical Society and the Medical Research Society 1981 maximal expiratory flow-volume curve partial expiratory flow-volume curve breath holding airways obstruction Clinical...

... 10 1976 10 10 1977 © 1978 The Biochemical Society and the Medical Research Society 1978 asthma airways resistance airways obstruction hyperinflation lung function laboratory Clinical Science and Molecular Medicine (1978), 54, 313-321 The interpretation of different...

... in older subjects or in smokers. The increased flow-dependence of the alveolar plateau is analogous with the increased frequency-dependence of dynamic compliance and probably indicates obstruction of small peripheral airways. smokers respiratory function airways obstruction 133 Xe Clinical...