Diagnostic Procedure
airway resistance
Subclass of:
Respiratory Function Tests; Respiratory physiology
Definitions related to airway resistance test:
  • (airway resistance) A measurement of respiratory tract resistance to airflow during inspiration and expiration.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • (airway resistance) An assessment of the opposition to airflow through the respiratory tract on inspiration and/or expiration.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (airway resistance) Physiologically, the opposition to flow of air caused by the forces of friction. As a part of pulmonary function testing, it is the ratio of driving pressure to the rate of air flow.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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