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COMPLIANCE PULMONAIRE [2 records]

Record 1 2011-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • The Lungs
DEF

Lung distensibility measured as pressure required per unit increase of lung volume.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Poumons
DEF

Expression de l'élasticité des poumons qui correspond au rapport de la variation du volume pulmonaire et de la variation de la pression transpulmonaire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Respiratory Tract
DEF

... the change in lung volume per unit change in elastic recoil pressure.

OBS

Age-related changes in ventilation and gas distribution result primarily from changes in compliance of the lungs and the chest wall.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Voies respiratoires
CONT

La mesure de la compliance pulmonaire est une mesure indirecte de l'élasticité du tissu pulmonaire.

Spanish

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