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The authors have previously described an automated system for measuring total respiratory resistance. The technique used by this system involves a transient, externally applied increase in resistance to breathing. The utility of this technique is limited by a number of assumptions and to free it from the constraints imposed by one of these assumptions a new method for analysing the data was developed. The paper describes the new method of analysis and presents data comparing the resulting Rrss with those computed using the old method.
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Green, J., Chiang, S.T. & Yang, Y.C. Improved computation of respiratory resistance as measured by transiently increased resistance. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 28, 50–53 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02441677
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