REVIEW
Body plethysmography e Its principles and clinical
use
C.P. Crie
´
e
a,
*
, S. Sorichter
b
, H.J. Smith
c
, P. Kardos
d
, R. Merget
e
, D. Heise
f
,
D. Berdel
g
,D.Ko
¨
hler
h
, H. Magnussen
i
, W. Marek
j,p
, H. Mitfessel
k
,
K. Rasche
l
, M. Rolke
m
, H. Worth
n
, R.A. Jo
¨
rres
o
, Working Group for Body
Plethysmography of the German Society for Pneumology and Respiratory
Care
a
Evangelisches Krankenhaus Go
¨
ttingen-Weende gGmbH, Department of Pneumology, Respiratory Care, Sleep Medicine,
Pappelweg 5, D-37120 Bovenden-Lenglern, Germany
b
University Hospital Freiburg, Department of Pneumology, Freiburg, Germany
c
Berlin, Germany
d
Group Practice and Centre for Allergy, Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at Maingau Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany
e
Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr
University (IPA), Bochum, Germany
f
Hochschule Ulm, Institute for Applied Research, Ulm, Germany
g
Marienhospital Wesel, Wesel, Germany
h
Krankenhaus Kloster Grafschaft, Department of Pneumology, Schmallenberg, Germany
i
Krankenhaus Großhansdorf, Center of Pneumology, Großhansdorf, Germany
j
Augusta Kranken Anstalt Bochum, Institute for Occupational Physiology, Bochum, Germany
k
Pneumologische Praxis Remscheid, Remscheid, Germany
l
Kliniken St. Antonius, Lungcenter, Wuppertal, Germany
m
Pneumologische Praxis Aschaffenburg, Aschaffenburg, Germany
n
Medical Department I, Klinikum Fu
¨
rth, Fu
¨
rth, Germany
o
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Institute for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine,
Munich, Germany
Received 30 September 2010; accepted 6 February 2011
Available online 26 February 2011
* Corresponding author. Tel.: þ49 (0) 551 5034/2451; fax: þ49 (0) 551 5034 1514.
E-mail address: criee@ekweende.de (C.P. Crie
´e
).
p
This article is dedicated to the memory of the co-author Priv. Doz. Dr. Wolfgang Marek who died in October 2010. He was a passionate
researcher and teacher and particularly engaged in the better implementation of physiological insight into clinical practice.
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Respiratory Medicine (2011) 105, 959e971
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doi:10.1016/j.rmed.2011.02.006