such as a hiatus hernia or paraoesophageal hernia, leading to ascent of abdominal contents into the thoracic cavity; and an FVC of less than 50% predicted or a sniff nasal inspiratory pressure of less than 30 cm H2O in patients unable to undergo FVC (eg, patients with bulbar muscular atroph...
The embryonic day (E) 18.5 lungs were removed from the chest cavity en bloc, dried with blotting paper and weighed to obtain wet lung weight. Lungs were then placed in a 60 °C oven overnight to obtain dry weight. 4.6. Lung Histology/Staining ...