NOUN
- plethysmograph consisting of a chamber surrounding the entire body; used in studies of respiration
How To Use body plethysmograph In A Sentence
- Pulmonary function tests in older children includes spirometry, whole body plethysmography, single and multiple breath nitrogen washout, carbon monoxide diffusion capacity, respiratory muscle strength and lung compliance. Pulmonary Function Lab
- Lung volumes were measured in a whole-body plethysmograph, and data were expressed as a percent of the predicted values published by Goldman and Becklake.
- The fellow is asked to undergo body plethysmography to understand the basic principles. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Fellowship
- Lennox and coworkers found that drift of an inductive plethysmography signal was only 22% of the drift arising from changes in temperature within a body plethysmograph.
- Subsequently, Mead introduced volume displacement whole body plethysmography, which measured volume changes due to gas compression and decompression.
- Thus, the flows estimated in a body plethysmograph may not be fully available to the flow-limited subject.
