Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8819968 | Respiratory Medicine | 2018 | 28 Pages |
Abstract
Currently, two main methods of pleural pressure measurement are used: simple water manometers and electronic systems. The water manometers are conceptually simple, cheap and user-friendly but they only allow the estimation of the mean values of pleural pressure. The electronic systems for pleural pressure measurement are based on pressure transducers. Their major advantages include precise measurements of instantaneous pleural pressure and the ability to display and to store a large amount of data. The paper presents principles and details of pleural pressure measurement as well as the rationale for its use.
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Authors
Monika Zielinska-Krawczyk, Rafal Krenke, Elzbieta M. Grabczak, Richard W. Light,