Noseclips in children performing spirometry
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Noseclips in children performing spirometry.
CHAVASSE et al. [1] evaluated the use of noseclips in children performing spirometry. They found that there was no clear benefit of using noseclips in children performing open-circuit spirometry. They also stated that their literature search found no studies addressing this issue. However, in 1997 our group published a similar study, which also showed no clear benefit with noseclips [2]. We ran...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0903-1936,1399-3003
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00079803