Comparative analysis of pulmonary ventilation distribution between low-cost and branded incentive spirometers using electrical impedance tomography in healthy adults: Study protocol

Noraelena Mera; Esther Cecilia Wilches Luna; Vicente Benavides-Cordoba

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0302476

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Comparative analysis of pulmonary ventilation distribution between low-cost and branded incentive spirometers using electrical impedance tomography in healthy adults: Study protocol

Noraelena Mera,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
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Esther Cecilia Wilches Luna,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
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Vicente Benavides-Cordoba

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: vicente.benavides@correounivalle.edu.co

Affiliation Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9129-0183

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Comparative analysis of pulmonary ventilation distribution between low-cost and branded incentive spirometers using electrical impedance tomography in healthy adults: Study protocol

Noraelena Mera,
Esther Cecilia Wilches Luna,
Vicente Benavides-Cordoba

Published: May 6, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302476

About the Authors

Noraelena Mera

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia

Esther Cecilia Wilches Luna

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia

Vicente Benavides-Cordoba

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: vicente.benavides@correounivalle.edu.co

Affiliation Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9129-0183

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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