title: [The oscillation method for the diagnosis of respiratory function of adults--arrangement and possibilities for optimization. 4. The oscillatory residual volume determination (RVOS)].
abstract: The residual volume can oscillatorily be estimated in an easy way with the help of diving-gas. The oscillatory unit, furnished with a sensor of density, serves as a quick helium-analyser. An overestimation of the residual volume can appear as a result of the high volatility of the used gas, an underestimation can result because of the non-registration of lung parts with entrapped air. Therefore a differentiated interpretation of the curve of wash-in is suggested. Thus a good conformity can be found with the body plethysmographic results also in patients with obstructive airways diseases including persons with disturbances of ventilatory distribution.
authors.affiliation: Interne Abteilung I des St.-Hedwig-Krankenhauses Berlin/DDR.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pleger
mesh_terms: D006371:Helium; D006801:Humans; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements; D009991:Oscillometry; D012115:Residual Volume; D012119:Respiration
chemical_list: D006371:Helium
vernacular_title: Die Oszillationsmethode in der Atemfunktionsdiagnostik Erwachsener-Einordnung und Optimierungsmöglichkeiten. 4. Mitteilung: Die oscillatorische Residualvolumebestimmung (RVOS)