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Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Techniques, Respiratory System > Respiratory Function Tests > Airway Resistance

Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena > Respiratory Physiological Phenomena > Airway Resistance

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Airway Resistance

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Physiologically, the opposition to flow of air caused by the forces of friction. As a part of pulmonary function testing, it is the ratio of driving pressure to the rate of air flow.

Respiratory Mechanics

Allowable Qualifier(s)

Résistance des voies aériennes

French
Résistance des voies respiratoires
Résistance respiratoire

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-PR2DKZV5-2

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