Sequential effects of acute meconium obstruction on pulmonary function

Pediatric Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1980, Pages 34-38

  Tran, Nghia ^a   Lowe, Corinne ^a   Sivieri, Emidio M ^a   Shaffer, Thomas H ^a  

^a Temple University Health Sciences Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG FUNCTION; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMAL; ASPIRATION; LUNG; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MECONIUM; RABBITS; RESPIRATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0018921408     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-198001000-00009     Document Type: Article

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25. The authors thank Ms. Ethel Lidman for her technical assistance.
26. This research was supported by Public Health Service Grant HL 22843.