Closed circuit rebreathing to achieve inert gas wash-in for multiple breath wash-out

Multiple breath wash-out (MBW) testing requires prior wash-in of inert tracer gas. Wash-in efficiency can be enhanced by a rebreathing tracer in a closed circuit. Previous attempts to deploy this did not account for the impact of CO2 accumulation on patients and were unsuccessful. We hypothesised th...

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Main Authors: Horsley, Alex R., O'Neill, Katherine, Downey, Damian G., Elborn, J. Stuart, Bell, Nicholas J., Smith, Jaclyn, Owers-Bradley, John
Format: Article
Published: European Respiratory Society 2016
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39473/