“Click test”: Rapid diagnosis of the respiratory distress syndrome

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 383-389

  Skelton, Ruth ^a   Jeffery, Heather ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

false positive false negative tests; Gastric vs. tracheal aspirates; predictive value; respiratory distress syndrome; sensitivity; specificity; surfactant deficiency

Indexed keywords

LUNG SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NEWBORN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOMACH; SUCTION; SURFACE TENSION; TRACHEA;

BIOPHYSICS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH; SUCTION; SURFACE TENSION; TRACHEA;

EID: 0028456862     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.1950170608     Document Type: Article

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