The use of the salivagram in the evaluation of severe and chronic aspiration

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 353-361

  Cook, Steven P ^a   Lawless, Stephen ^a   Mandell, Gerald A ^a   Reilly, James S ^a  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Laryngotracheal separation; Pneumonia; Salivagram

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BARIUM MEAL; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SALIVA ANALYSIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FUNDOPLICATION; HUMANS; LARYNX; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALIVA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID; TRACHEA; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 0030886729     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(97)00102-X     Document Type: Article

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