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Descriptor English:   Plethysmography, Whole Body 
Descriptor Spanish:   Pletismografía Total 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Pletismografia Total 
Synonyms English:   Whole Body Plethysmography
Body Plethysmographies, Whole
Body Plethysmography, Whole
Plethysmographies, Whole Body
Whole Body Plethysmographies  
Tree Number:   E01.370.370.610.805
E01.370.386.700.615
Definition English:   Measurement of the volume of gas in the lungs, including that which is trapped in poorly communicating air spaces. It is of particular use in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and emphysema. (Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992) 
Indexing Annotation English:   used in resp funct tests; do not use /util except by MeSH definition; DF: PLETHYSMOGR WHOLE BODY
History Note English:   73(71) 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AE adverse effects CL classification
CT contraindications EC economics
ES ethics HI history
IS instrumentation MT methods
MO mortality NU nursing
PX psychology ST standards
SN statistics & numerical data TD trends
UT utilization VE veterinary
Record Number:   11421 
Unique Identifier:   D010993 

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