[the correlation between pulmonary hypertension and histological findings of the pulmonary vessels in congenital heart disease (author's transl)]. | in nearly 100 infants the hämodynamic and histological findings of pulmonary hypertension in congenital heart diseases are correlated when a banding-procedure was done. there were: 45 ventricle septal defects, 10 atrio-ventricular canals, 13 transpositions of the great arteries, 16 patent ductus arteriosus and 7 miscellaneous. a hämodynamic hypertension was more frequent than the histological hypertension; but there was a difference in the different heart diseases: the patients with patent ductu ... | 2001 | 1084051 |
[gastrointestinal tract diseases as interfering factors in drug effects and kinetics]. | | 2001 | 95371 |
[scintigraphic diagnosis]. | | 2001 | 1083992 |
[urokinetography in the diagnosis and follow-up of obstructive uropathy in children]. | with regard to different paediatric urological diseases nuclear-medical urokinetography using the tracer 99m-tc-dtpa can identify typical functional patterns. by means of 261 investigations on 240 children, retroperistaltic waves, initial pyeloureteral and the final ureterovesical conus, dysperistaltic waves and interrupting empty strips with lacing, constrictive peristalsis can be shown in comparison with the normal anterograde "stair" pattern. moreover, ukg as a functional method makes it poss ... | 2001 | 2193467 |
letter: impending heart-attacks. | | 2001 | 55545 |
runaway cordis omni-stanicor pacemaker. | | 2001 | 95306 |
increased serum prolactin pituitary reserve in patients with prostatic neoplasms. | prolactin (prl) pituitary reserve was measured in 8 patients with prostatic adenoma and 11 patients with prostatic carcinoma. the prl reserve was significantly higher in these patients compared to an age-matched control group of 6 subjects. a possible role for prl-inhibiting drugs in the management of oestrogen-resistant carcinomas of the prostate is suggested. | 2001 | 93008 |
a rapid method for the preparation of plasma alpha 2 sh glycoprotein: use of the zinc-chelate affinity chromatography as an intermediary step. | | 2001 | 90627 |
the aids figures. | | 2001 | 2150732 |
the influence of extraocular venous pressure on outflow facility in cercopithecus ethiops and macaca fascicularis. | | 2001 | 98469 |
case for ligation of the external carotid artery in composite operations for oral carcinoma. | the ligation of the external carotid artery has been performed routinely in 186 executive composite operations in patients suffering from carcinoma of the tongue, floor of the mouth, mandibular gingiva and buccal mucosa. the ligation is indicated because it controls the hemorrhage, ensures a clean operating field and prevents the facial edema and hematoma formation without having any unwanted effect on the healing of the wound. | 2001 | 98465 |
safety and accuracy of midtrimester amniocentesis for prenatal diagnosis of genetic disorders. | | 2001 | 92907 |
[therapy of postoperative arrhythmias (author's transl)]. | severe supraventricular and ventricular tachyarrhythmias occurred after surgery in 9 patients. oxprenolol or pindolol were used as primary drugs in 8 cases. the effect of therapy was documented quantitatively by an arrhythmia computer with trendscription and alarm recording. beta-receptor blockade was successful in 6 cases. on supraventricular tachycardia with wolff-parkinson-white syndrome was abolished by quinidine. severe ventricular instability with fibrillation following myocardial infarcti ... | 2001 | 88135 |
once daily dosage beta-blockade: antihypertensive efficacy of slow release oxprenolol as related to renin and age. | a single daily dose antihypertensive therapy with a new slow-release (sr) form of the beta-adrenoceptor blocking agent oxprenolol was as effective as a standard tid beta-blocker regimen in maintaining therapeutic effects over 24 hours. the good overall response rate (target larger than or equal to mmhg diastolic) of 67% was achieved in eight of the 11 high renin patients and 16 out of the 20 normal renin ones; the five low renin patients, who were also older, proved to be non-responsive. in term ... | 2001 | 1071402 |
[some physiopathological aspects of therapy of diabetic ketoacidosis: treatment with insulin and somatostatin]. | | 2001 | 98256 |
psychiatry - questions but no answers. | | 2001 | 98154 |
in utero diagnosis of gaucher disease. | beta-glucosidase activity measured by synthetic substrate at ph 4.6 was low in the cultured amniotic cells from two pregnant women at risk for juvenile and adult type gaucher disease. the diagnosis was confirmed by showing a low activity of beta-glucosidase in the skin fibroblasts with a synthetic substrate or in the spleen with a natural substrate, and by ascertaining the presence of gaucher cells in the fetal tissues. however, considerable activity of beta-glucosidase measured with synthetic s ... | 2001 | 98040 |
aeg/rdi neutron therapy unit. | | 2001 | 96073 |
contribution of computed tomography to the treatment of lymphomas. | the effectiveness of computed body tomography (ct) in the workup, treatment planning, and follow-up of 38 patients with hodgkin's disease and 59 with non-hodgkin's lymphoma was analyzed. ct scanning can frequently define lymphoma in the retroperitoneum, and occasionally in mesenteric lymph nodes, spleen, and liver. these data are useful for staging, for radiotherapy treatment planning, and in monitoring response to radiotherapy or chemotherapy. ct was found to be particularly useful in patients ... | 2001 | 97988 |
gastrointestinal angiographic findings in systemic amyloidosis. | amyloidosis is a multisystem disease process of unknown cause in which characteristically staining protein-polysaccharide material is deposited in body tissues. although gastrointestinal involvement is usually asymptomatic, amyloid infiltration of mesenteric and submucosal vessel walls may be associated with acute or recurrent gastrointestinal hemorrhage in patients with the diagnosis of amyloidosis. angiography in such cases may demonstrate arterial and venous changes as a result of these vascu ... | 2001 | 97966 |
intercellular contacts in primate cerebral arteries: acute effects of subarachnoid injection of artificial cerebrospinal fluids, serotonin, and blood. | | 2001 | 97923 |
the foundation for teaching aids at low cost. | | 2001 | 94921 |
o-nitro-paraphenylenediamine in hair dye - an unusual dental hazard. | | 2002 | 139262 |
the uptake in the pancreatic islets of nicotinamide, nicotinic acid and tryptophan and their ability to prevent streptozotocin diabetes in mice. | the uptake of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (nad)-precursors nicotinamide, nicotinic acid and tryptophan in the pancreatic islets of mice was studied by use of autoradiographic methods. the ability of these substances to prevent streptoxotocin diabetes was studied in the same species. it was found that only nicotinamide was strongly accumulated in the pancreatic islets and nicotinamide was also the only nad-precursor which protected against the streptoxotocin diabetes. apparently there i ... | 2002 | 135465 |
[nutrition of the population of kazakhstan]. | basic results of research on the problem of nutrition in kazakhstan over the whole period of the soviet system are reported. in the republic main attention was focussed on the study of the actual dietary pattern of the population in different geographic zones. the results of investigations served as a background to proposals aimed at rationalizing the dietary for the population of kazakhstan, at working out standard rates of the foodstuffs consumption, approved by the state planning commission o ... | 2002 | 135413 |
on the origin of the supernumerary chromosome in autosomal trisomies--with special reference to down's syndrome. a bias in tracing nondisjunction by chromosomal and biochemical polymorphisms. | the differential staining methods for chromosomes have led to the demonstration of more chromosomal polymorphisms. not rarely, these polymorphisms allow in autosomal trisomies the detection of parental origin of the supernumerary chromosome. in addition, the malsegregation may be ascribed to 1st or 2nd meiotic division in informative families. this approach of analyzing possible causes of trisomies is subject to a considerable bias. trisomic phenotypes are twice as frequent for 2nd meiotic error ... | 2002 | 133081 |
a vascular ureterogram. | | 2002 | 132979 |
[prof. b.v. kliucharev (on his 70th birthday)]. | | 2002 | 135392 |
progestational agents and blood coagulation. vii. thromboembolic and other complications of oral contraceptive therapy in relationship to pretreatment levels of blood coagulation factors: summary report of a ten-year study. | during a ten-year period, 348 women were studied for a total of 5,877 patient months in four separate studies relating oral contraceptives to changes in hematologic parameters. significant increases in certain factors of the blood coagulation and fibrinolysin systems (factors i,ii,vii,viii,ix, and x and plasminogen) were observed in the treated groups. severe complications developed in four patients. all four had an abnormal blood coagulation profile, suggesting "hypercoagulability" before initi ... | 2002 | 133615 |
endometriosis in the black woman. | endometriosis has heretofore been considered rare in black women. laparoscopy in 190 black women, in many of whom pelvic inflammatory disease was previously diagnosed clinically and treated, revealed endometriosis to be present in 21 per cent. the importance of this finding for clinical practice is discussed. | 2002 | 133613 |
details of glycosaminoglycan conformations and intermolecular interactions. | among the mucopolysaccharides, similarities of chemical constitution are manifested in the similar molecular conformations that can be assumed by most of them. the differences, however, result in a preference for particular conformations. small amounts of one glycosaminoglycan in a mixture can change the conformational preference of the major component. advances in the techniques of fiber diffraction analysis allow us to visualize the roles of water and ions in some of these structures and to ra ... | 2002 | 137130 |
[effects of diazepam on six drug-induced locomotor hyperactivities in mice (author's transl)]. | experiments were carried out in mice to investigate the influence of diazepam (dzp) on dexamphetamine, parachloro-n-methylamphetamine (pcma), cocaine, morphine, trihexyphenidyl or (in maois pretreated) reserpine induced motor hyperactivity. the interaction of dzp with these hyperactivities in which probably different biochemical central mechanisms are involved allows to construct a profile of action of dzp and to approach its mechanism of action. the locomotor hyperactivities induced by dexamphe ... | 2002 | 129788 |
the care of deaf schoolchildren and other handicapped in nigeria. | | 2002 | 128767 |
[effect of alumina, used in the electrometallurgy of aluminum, on the air environment of electrolytic shops]. | | 2002 | 126195 |
[recent pathogenetic and biochemical findings in down's disease]. | | 2002 | 129299 |
[the efficacy of ventilation systems in hospitals (author's transl)]. | | 2002 | 135217 |
[laparoscopy in diagnosis of retroperitoneal non-organ tumors]. | | 2002 | 128136 |
[electrocochleography as a neurootological tool (author's transl)]. | a series of 13 patients where surgery confirmed retrocochlear lesions in the cerebellopontine angle was tested preoperatively by electro-cochleography. the following conclusions can be drawn: 1. compound action potentials (cap) of the acoustic nerve could be registered by electro-cochleography in all patients regardless of the fact whether hearing on the side of the lesion could be demonstrated in pure tone audiometry or not. 2. the threshold latency for the 2 khz sinustone-burst elicited compou ... | 2002 | 135156 |
[report on clinical positive evidence of the nerve excitability test in facial palsy (author's transl)]. | comparative studies of case controls of bell's palsy, posttraumatic and postoperative palsies in relation to the clinical positive evidence of the nerve excitability test are demonstrated. while an absolutely parallel reaction of clinical function restitution and electrical excitability is observed in bell's palsy and in posttraumatic late palsy, on the other hand this congruence will not be observed in postoperative palsies (in intact anatomical conduction of the nerve) in most of the investiga ... | 2002 | 135143 |
[pseudarthrosis of the dorso-lumbar vertebrae]. | the authors have observed three cases of fractures at the thoraco-lumbar level which did not unite after ten to twelve months - dynamic x-rays demonstrated persisting mobility of about 20 degrees. the fracture line of the vertebral bodies was situated in a frontal plane and fragments were separated by the antero-inferior edge of the above vertebral body. the authors conclude that such fractions ought to be treated by internal fixation when recent, internal fixation and grafting when ancient. | 2002 | 128053 |
[possibilities of paraclinical exploration of periodontal vascularization]. | | 2002 | 128046 |
[sedlacková's syndrome]. | | 2002 | 127301 |
[hypoglycemia in children]. | | 2002 | 120590 |
[concentrations of cefradine in renal tissue (author's transl)]. | after a single bolus injection of two grams of cefradine the concentrations of antibiotic in serum and renal tissues of 21 patients were estimated. after 30 minutes the mean serum concentrations were 159 microgram/ml, after 60 mins 62 microgram/ml and after 95 mins 22 microgram/ml. the tissue concentrations in normal renal tissue (group i) after 30 minutes were 348 microgram/ml and with tissue of chronically inflamed kidneys (group ii) 118 microgram/ml in the same period. after 90 minutes the co ... | 2002 | 117321 |
[point classification of hypertension and electrocardiographic characteristics of the left heart ventricle hypertrophy and vascular fundus changes as well as some ophthalmodynamometric measurements]. | | 2002 | 124362 |
[parameters of digitally averaged potentials of individual motor units]. | of sixty normal subjects of different age six different muscles each were examined electromyographically. the activity pattern was recorded for moderate voluntary innervation and superposed digitally. the parameters of digitally averaged summation action potentials were compared with those of manually assessed potentials. the two methods gave identical results: the duration of potentials was between 5 and 10 ms. it increased in the younger and older age groups and showed only slight changes in m ... | 2002 | 128025 |
letter: suggestions for improving multidiscipline health care. | | 2002 | 127977 |
correlation of enzymatic activity, muscle myoglobin concentration and lung morphology with activity metabolism in snakes. | in vitro activity of the anaerobic enzymes phosphofructokinase and lactic dehydrogenase from axial muscle tissue of coluber constrictor, crotalus viridis and lichanura roseofusca was shown to correlate with levels of lactate production during activity by these snakes. additionally, gross and histological lung structure and axial muscle myoglobin concentration were investigated in these species. coluber was shown to have the most complex lung structure and highest muscle myoglobin content. these ... | 2002 | 135039 |
sliding filaments in sperm flagella. | | 2002 | 127892 |
(na+, k+)-atpase activity and sterol composition of membranes. | | 2002 | 140325 |
[intensive neuroleptic treatment in schizophrenias]. | a report is made on the first results of the treatment with droperidol of subacute illnesses of the schizophrenic type. droperidol is a quick-working, very potent neuroleptic which leads to rapid comfort in cases of psychomotor conditions of agitation. the idea is discussed that droperidol tends to accumulate and, beyond mere sedation, produces an excessive anti-psychotic effect which provides a favourable medium for the further introduction of other neuroleptics. | 2002 | 122458 |
the family and the young handicapped child: the importance of the right start. | | 2002 | 139531 |
[relative biological efficiency of neutrons (2 mev) and x-rays for mastocytoma cell division capacity]. | the effects of 2 mev neutrons were compared with those of 200 kv x-rays for the criterion of lethality in mastocytoma cells of ascites type. the cells prepared as suspension were exposed to the radiations in vitro under aerobic condition and transplanted in the abdominal cavity of mice. their viability was estimated according to the growing speed of the excreted amount of urinary 5-hiaa in the host animal. the rbe varied between a value of 3.1 at the 10 per cent level of cell survival to 1.8 for ... | 2002 | 134823 |
[cestodes of the genera gyrocoelia fuhrmann, 1899 and infula burt, 1939, 1939 (acoleidae) from the snipes of the soviet union]. | the data are given on the morphology of cestodes of the genera gyrocoelia fuhrm,. 1899 and infula burt, 1939. it has been found that in the spermatheca of the female of g. perversa there are spermatozoids with an elongated head typical for plathelminthes. in the spermatheca of the female of i. burhini were found spermatids with long tails. the final formation of spermatozoids in i. burhini takes place in the spermatheca. the taxonomic position of the species of gyrocoelia found in the waters of ... | 2002 | 139584 |
determination of peripheral spectral sensitivity and saturation discrimination characteristics with a modified goldmann perimeter. | | 2003 | 310026 |
[brucellosis and blood donors]. | | 2003 | 262699 |
[calcium-activating luminescent protein]. | | 2003 | 275418 |
osteogenic sarcoma of the mandible. a case report. | | 2003 | 280618 |
[cadmium in food (its distribution, toxicology and sanitary hygiene inspection)]. | | 2003 | 219609 |
[factor xii deficiency - hageman trait. additional diagnostic procedures]. | in the previous paper published in the bulletin for hematology and blood transfusion we described the congenital deficit of hageman factor (hf) with the basic findings. now we provide addilioval laboratory -diagnostical tests in order to confirm definitively that our patients have the deficit of factor xii, and not of some other factors of the contact coagulation phase as: fletcher, fitzgerald, williams and flaujeac. on the other hand, in order to enlight the laboratory-diagnostical problems whi ... | 2003 | 263755 |
[tubuloreticular structures in the peripheral blood elements in systemic lupus erythematosus]. | | 2003 | 201042 |
the xeroradiographic appearances of some uncommon malignant mammary neoplasms. | the clinical and xeroradiographic appearances are described of four patients with malignant lymphomatous involvement of the breast, two with breast involvement by acute leukaemia, and four with primary fibrosarcoma of the breast. in one patient with malignant lymhoma and multiple palpable masses, the radiological appearance resembled benign mammary dysplasia, but in the three other patients, one with a discrete clinical mass, and two with diffuse clinical involvement, radiological examination of ... | 2003 | 187368 |
sclerosteosis - an autosomal recessive disorder. | sclerosteosis is a rare, potentially lethal skeletal disorder in which massive bony over-growth leads to facial distortion, cranial nerve compression and progressive rise in intracranial pressure. gigantism and syndactyly of the 2nd and 3rd fingers are associated features. in a nationwide investigation in south africa, 25 affected individuals in 15 afrikaner kindreds have been studied. the minimum prevalence of the contition in this community is 1 in 75,000. analysis of pedigree data confirms th ... | 2003 | 187366 |
the 5' sequences of vsv in vitro transcription product rna (+/-sam). | | 2003 | 175793 |
sources of compilations of rate constants for oxygen radicals in solution. | | 2003 | 2172698 |
[laparoscopy]. | | 2003 | 162009 |
[pressureless impressions for complete dentures]. | | 2003 | 4611814 |
predetermined time standards: their application in workshop settings. | there is a need for a simple, quickly applied tool which can correlate performance of the handicapped individual with that of the able-bodied worker and be easily utilized by nontechnical personnel. efforts at both the cerebral palsy center and the rehabilitation center in atlanta demonstrated that the third generation of methods-time-measurement (mtm-3) satisfies these criteria. as every motion involved in an operation is detailed and a corresponding time value applied, the over-all result refl ... | 2003 | 156528 |
it is our problem too. | | 2003 | 155703 |
rewarding efforts of arkansas physicians. | | 2003 | 154505 |
comparative neuropsychological study of the changes in different programmed activities in subjects with frontal or retro-rolandic lesions or with huntington's chorea. | eaily performed tests for showing alterations in organization of programmed activities were given to 20 patients with frontal lesions, 23 with retro-rolandic lesions and 17 with huntington's chorea. normal scores were determined in a group of 24 patients without any symptoms of cerebral pathology. the results showed that frontally lesioned patients and those with huntington's chorea have similar patterns of disorganization in reproduction of gestures, drawing and rhythmic sound sequences. the da ... | 2003 | 154397 |
daily dental hygiene for the handicapped patient. | | 2003 | 153971 |
tumours classified as "malignant histiocytosis" in children are t-cell neoplasms. | during the last five years increasing evidence has accumulated that many tumours classified as 'histiocytic' in the past do not originate from macrophages, but from transformed (or anaplastic) large lymphoid cells. most of these studies have focused upon adult neoplasms. knowledge concerning the lineage of 'histiocytic' tumours in the paediatric age group is more limited. in this study we have examined the clinical, morphological and immunophenotypical features of six childhood malignancies orig ... | 2003 | 1319178 |
anticoagulation therapy in cardiovascular disorders. | | 2003 | 152099 |
positive side effects of lithium? | | 2003 | 151510 |
[comprehensive prophylactic examinations of women for the detection of early forms of breast cancer]. | under examination were 2699 females over 30 years of age having no complaints of the mammary gland induration. the following diagnostic tests were used: 1) clinical; 2) thermography of mammary glands; 3) mammography in two projections. breast cancer was revealed in 12 females (in 4.4 per 1,000 persons under examination). the clinical method solely revealed mammary gland cancer in 0.14%, thermography--in 0.28%, mammography-in 0.57%. a two-step examination, when persons suspected of breast patholo ... | 2003 | 150128 |
a case of onychomycosis due to candida ravauth. | | 2003 | 148885 |
[comparative study of normal and pathological magnetocardiograms (author's transl)]. | | 2003 | 148864 |
[functional recovery in pseudoterminal edentia]. | | 2003 | 148082 |
[a case of allergic contact dermatitis due to sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (author's transl)]. | | 2003 | 151756 |
[speech discrimination and dynamic compression. a comparative study with hearing aids (author's transl)]. | a hearing aid with dynamic compression and the very same one without dynamic compression were used for an examination of 13 patients with recruitment who were hard of hearing with respect to sound perception. the maximum degree of speech discrimination possible to be reached was determined. although in general the hearing aid with dynamic compression yielded better results, the differences between the two aids were, however, small and showed a high scattering range. thus, we have to draw the con ... | 2003 | 142877 |
[statistics on case finding in deafness in children]. | | 2003 | 142801 |
design of eyedropper tips for topical beta-blocking agents. | | 2003 | 2873745 |
restoration of frontal contour with methyl methacrylate. | of the various materials currently available for reconstruction of bony frontal deformities, bone cement (methyl methacrylate) has been judged to be superior in its simplicity, reliability, and aesthetic potential. it is uniquely suited to reconstruction of irregular defects of the forehead. its biological characteristics, advantages, and hazards are presented along with the techniques of its use. clinical examples illustrate the results obtained with minimal preparation, surgical time, and morb ... | 2004 | 539759 |
[effects of mass colpocytological screening on morbidity and mortality of uterine cervical carcinoma in inhabitants of parma and experiments on the diagnostic and therapeutic value of conization]. | | 2004 | 1134694 |
[effects of mass colpocytological screening on morbidity and mortality of uterine cervical carcinoma in inhabitants of parma and experiments on the diagnostic and therapeutic value of conization]. | | 2004 | 1134694 |
[allergic reactions against copper containing iuds]. | a 28 year old woman with 1 child developed a case of urticaria 17 days after the insertion of a copper-t 200 iud, which cleared up 4 days after the iud was removed. the same thing had happened 2 years previously when the patient received an iud. this was due to a rare allergic reaction to the copper in the iud, which was determined by an allergy scratch test. | 2004 | 545071 |
a modified posterolateral approach to the elbow and proximal radioulnar joints. | a modified posterolateral approach is useful for extensive exposure of the elbow and proximal radioulnar joints. the patient is placed prone and the elbow flexed over a padded support: a pneumatic tourniquet is placed proximally on the arm. the laterally curved skin incision extends from the center of the posterior surface of the arm, at the upper limit of the triceps tendon, to the back of the lateral epicondyle and thence to the posterior border of the ulna 3 finger-breadths distal to the tip ... | 2004 | 535216 |
'chronotopic' organization of goldfish optic pathway [proceedings]. | | 2004 | 529075 |
malignant pleural effusions and their treatment by intercostal talc pleurodesis. | an analysis is presented of 44 patients with malignant pleural effusion treated by intercostal talc pleurodesis, all except eight of them between 1966 and 1971. | 2004 | 534605 |
the surgical treatment of atypical rectovaginal fistulas. | | 2004 | 525686 |
[effect of certain factors on a decrease in the ribonucleic acid content in saccharomyces carlsbergensis brewer's yeasts via autofermentation]. | | 2004 | 525457 |
measurement of cause-specific death rate from civil registration in korea: 1970--1974. | | 2004 | 524920 |
[univentricular heart and its clinical picture]. | | 2004 | 523212 |
vaginal epithelial changes associated with in utero des exposure. | to determine the true prevalence of vaginal epithelial changes in des-exposed offspring, the national cancer institute funded the desad project, a study designed to follow up these women for 4 years and to determine the prevalence of cancer and various other abnormalities in des-exposed women. 3339 women have constituted the project study cohort as of 12/31/76. each woman in the desad project undergoes breast, pelvic and colposcopic examinations, as well as vaginal and cervical cytology. details ... | 2004 | 523034 |
[measurements of sputum viscoelasticity using conventional dynamic measurements and the newly developed raised cosine pulse method (author's transl,]. | | 2004 | 522300 |
a bird's eye view of occupational medicine. | this article defines occupational medicine, outlines the training involved, and describes various phases of occupational medicine. it is based on the author's experience and training. | 2004 | 522191 |
genetics of acheiropodia ("the handless and footless families of brazil"): xi. pathologic aspects. | we report another case of acheiropodia, a rare autosomal recessive trait of distal limb deficiency, to date seen only in brazil in persons of portuguese ancestry. the patient's parent were first cousins; she had two younger affected sisters. she presented with signs of vascular insufficiency of the lower stumps, which after amputation were found to lack large vessels below the knee. | 2004 | 517582 |
[hepato-cortical syndrome]. | | 2004 | 516620 |
influence of increased anatomical dead space no functional residual capacity of lungs and the lung clearance index. | a study of the influence of added anatomical dead space on the functional residual capacity of the lung was carried out on a total number of 40 healthy subjects of ages ranging between 21 and 50 years. the functional residual capacity was found to decrease as additional dead space was introduced in the breathing circuit. this decrease was associated with an increase in tidal volume, lung functions, as given by the lung clearance index, were found to deteriorate with each addition of dead space. ... | 2004 | 521123 |