Plastic bronchitis in children: A case series and review of the medical literature

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 482-487

  Brogan, Thomas V ^a   Finn, Laura S ^a   Pyskaty Jr , D James ^a   Redding, Gregory J ^a   Ricker, David ^b   Inglis, Andrew ^a   Gibson, Ronald L ^a  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b M B Children's Hosp/Hlth Ctr   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Congenital cardiac defects; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Plastic bronchitis; Tetralogy of Fallot; Tricuspid atresia

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CROUPOUS BRONCHITIS; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; NOONAN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

BRONCHI; BRONCHITIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 0036891610     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.10179     Document Type: Article

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