Utility of radiographs in the evaluation of pediatric upper airway obstruction

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 108, Issue 4 I, 1999, Pages 378-383

  Walner, David L ^a,b   Donnelly, Lane F ^a   Ouanounou, Serge ^a   Cotton, Robin T ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Radiographs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNGOMALACIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROLARYNGOSCOPY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEITIS; TRACHEOMALACIA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0032956576     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949910800411     Document Type: Article

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