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Pulmonology

idea that small peripheral airways can be extensively diseased before standard lung function tests change, because they add little to total resistance.

In pulmonology, quiet zone of the lung refers to idea that small peripheral airways can be extensively diseased before standard lung function tests change, because they add little to total resistance. This meaning comes from Mead (1970) in New England Journal of Medicine.[1]

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References

Mead, J. (1970). The Lung's Quiet Zone. New England Journal of Medicine, 282(23), 1318-1319. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197006042822311

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