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Plethysmography
Body plethysmography measures
• Intrathoracic gas volume (TGV)
• FRC
• Lung volume sub divisions
Body plethysmography
Impulse oscillometry
Why measure Raw?
Further evaluation of airflow limitation beyond spirometry
To determine BDR
2-Claustrophobia
+0.5 L/s
ΔPbox
-0.5 L/s
Breathe Out
Schematic representation of specific resistance loops in a) a normal subject, b) a subject with
increased large airway resistance, c) a subject with chronic airflow obstruction d) and a
subject with upper airway obstruction. Mouth flow (V') is plotted on the vertical axis, with
inspiration positive and expiration negative
Parameters of airway resistance
sReff ( specific effective airway resistance)
Reflects larger; central airways more prominently
than sR tot
sR0.5
Reflects the behavior of larger, more proximal
airways
• Predicted values for Rtot and Reff in children:
normal if below 150% of predicted