Lung elastic recoil and ventilation heterogeneity of diffusion-dependent airways in older people with asthma and fixed airflow obstruction

Katrina O Tonga; Norbert Berend; Cindy Thamrin; Claude S Farah; Kanika Jetmalani; David G Chapman; Gregory G King

doi:10.1183/13993003.01028-2018

Lung elastic recoil and ventilation heterogeneity of diffusion-dependent airways in older people with asthma and fixed airflow obstruction

Eur Respir J. 2019 Mar 28;53(3):1801028. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01028-2018. Print 2019 Mar.

Authors

Katrina O Tonga^{1

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3

4

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6}, Norbert Berend^{1

4

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7}, Cindy Thamrin^{1

4}, Claude S Farah^{1

3

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8}, Kanika Jetmalani¹, David G Chapman^{1

9}, Gregory G King^{1

2

4

10}

Affiliations

¹ Airway Physiology and Imaging Group, The Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
² Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
³ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Concord Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
⁴ The University of Sydney, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney, Australia.
⁵ Dept of Thoracic and Transplant Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
⁶ The University of New South Wales, Faculty of Medicine, Sydney, Australia.
⁷ The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia.
⁸ Macquarie University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sydney, Australia.
⁹ Translational Airways Group, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
¹⁰ NHMRC Centre of Excellence in Severe Asthma, New Lambton Heights, Australia.

PMID: 30578400
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01028-2018

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Airway Obstruction / pathology
Airway Obstruction / physiopathology*
Asthma / pathology
Asthma / physiopathology*
Elasticity
Female
Humans
Lung / pathology
Lung / physiology
Male
Middle Aged
Respiratory Mechanics*
Respiratory Muscles / physiopathology
Spirometry