Breathe Easy Pediatrics Presents: Tidal Volume Episode 6 – RC Time Constants
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Time Constants in Lung Diseases
Time constants are often shorter in people with restrictive lung disease, such as neonatal respiratory distress syndrome or pediatric and adult respiratory distress syndrome. But time constant tend to be longer in obstructive airway diseases like asthma. Many pulmonary diseases are heterogeneous, that is, certain areas of the lung are affected in different ways so some areas can have short or long time Constant.
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