Ethanol resistive microbubble test: A modification of the stable microbubble test used to predict respiratory distress syndrome

Pediatrics International

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 322-327

  Cho, Kazutoshi ^a   Chida, Shoichi ^a   Sasaki, Mika ^a   Fujiwara, Tetsuro ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Defoaming; Ethanol; Pulmonary surfactant; Respiratory distress syndrome; Stable microbubble

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; STOMACH SUCTION; SURFACE TENSION;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ETHANOL; GASTRIC JUICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; METHODS; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN;

EID: 0029819029     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1996.tb03499.x     Document Type: Article

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