Article
Mucociliary clearance in patients with cystic fibrosis and in normal subjects.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 1 Jul 1994
Regnis J A, Robinson M, Bailey D L, Cook P, Hooper P, Chan H K, Gonda I, Bautovich G, Bye P T
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to examine baseline mucociliary clearance (MCC) in patients with cystic fibrosis (n = 30; mean +/- SEM age, 23 +/- 1 yr; FEV1, 68 +/- 5% pred; range, 14 to 126%) and a group of normal subjects (n = 12; mean age, 27 +/- 1 yr) after an aerosol deposition of 99mTc-sulphur colloid (mass median diameter, 4.8 microns; geometric standard deviation, 1.6). Dynamic geometric mean images were...
Topics
- Adult
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Female
- Forced Expiratory Volume
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Mucociliary Clearance
- Pulmonary Ventilation
- Vital Capacity