bronchospirometry (redirected from differential bronchospirometry)

bronchospirometry /bron·cho·spi·rom·e·try/ (brong″ko-spi-rom´ĕ-tre) determination of vital capacity, oxygen intake, and carbon dioxide excretion of a lung, or simultaneous measurements of the function of each lung separately.

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differential bronchospirometry  measurement of the function of each lung separately.

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bronchospirometry

[-spīrom′ətrē]

a technique for the study of the ventilation and gas exchange of each lung separately by the introduction of a catheter into either the left or the right mainstem bronchus. A double-lumen tube permits simultaneous but separate sampling of the gas from both lungs.

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bronchospirometry [brong″ko-spi-rom´ĕ-tre]

use of a spirometer to determine vital capacity, oxygen intake, and carbon dioxide excretion of a single lung, or to get simultaneous measurements of the function of each lung separately; it is sometimes used to predict the success of pulmonary resection surgery.

differential bronchospirometry measurement of the function of each lung separately.

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bronchospirometry

determination of vital capacity, oxygen intake and carbon dioxide excretion of a single lung, or simultaneous measurements of the function of each lung separately.

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differential bronchospirometry

measurement of the function of each lung separately.