Consensus statement for inert gas washout measurement using multiple-and single-breath tests

…, SI Fuchs,GG King, S Lum, K Macleod, MPaiva… - 2013 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Inert gas washout tests, performed using the single- or multiple-breath washout technique,
were first described over 60 years ago. As measures of ventilation distribution inhomogeneity, …

Large urban outbreak of orally acquired acute Chagas disease at a school in Caracas, Venezuela

…,JA Suarez, T Abate,L Naranjo, MPaiva… - The Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
(See the editorial commentary by Miles, on pages 1282–1284.) Background. Trypanosoma
cruzi oral transmission is possible through food contamination by vector's feces. Little is …

Anatomically based three-dimensional model of airways to simulate flow and particle transport using computational fluid dynamics

…, C Hirsch, MPaiva——《of applied …, 2005 - journals.physiology.org
We have studied gas flow and particle deposition in a realistic three-dimensional (3D)
model of the bronchial tree, extending from the trachea to the segmental bronchi (7th airway …

Chest wall motion during tidal breathing

…, G Chéron, M Estenne, MPaiva——《of Applied …, 1997 - journals.physiology.org
PaivaPaiva. Chest wall motion during tidal breathing. J. …Manuel Paiva

Three-dimensional reconstruction of the in vivo human diaphragm shape at different lung volumes

…, C Segebarth, PT Macklem, MPaiva——《of applied …, 1994 - journals.physiology.org
The ability of the diaphragm to generate pressures at different lung volumes (VLs) in humans
may be determined by the following factors: 1) its in vivo three-dimensional shape, radius …

Noninvasive assessment of airway alterations in smokers: the small airways revisited

…, D Schuermans, M Meysman, MPaiva… - American journal of …, 2004 - atsjournals.org
It has been shown that structural changes in small airways of smokers with average smoking
histories greater than 35 pack-years could be reflected in the single-breath washout test. …

Ventilation distribution during histamine provocation

…, A Van Muylem, MPaiva… - Journal of applied …, 1997 - journals.physiology.org
… The MBW tests were also analyzed according to a method first proposed in a theoretical
work byPaiva(16) and subsequently applied experimentally by Crawford et al. (9). Basically, …

Effect of chronic hyperinflation on diaphragm length and surface area

…,N Pettiaux, PA Gevenois, MPaiva… - American journal of …, 1997 - atsjournals.org
We have used three-dimensional reconstructions obtained with spiral computed tomography
to measure total diaphragm length (L di ) and surface area (A di ), the length (L do ) and …

Conductive and acinar lung-zone contributions to ventilation inhomogeneity in COPD

…, C Melot, M Noppen, W Vincken, MPaiva- American journal of …, 1998 - atsjournals.org
We investigated ventilation inhomogeneity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) through use of the multiple breath N 2 washout test (MBW). From an alveolar …

Gas transport in the human lung

MPaiva——《of Applied Physiology, 1973 - journals.physiology.org
PAIVA,MANUEL. Gas transport in the human lung. J.* 4ppl. Physiol. 35 (3): 401-410. 1973.-We
have solved the transport equation in a model built from the anatomical data of Weibel. …