Pulmonary function tests in children with adenotonsillar hypertrophy

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-125

  Yadav, Samar Pal Singh ^a   Dodeja, Om Parkash ^a   Gupta, Krishan Bihari ^a   Chanda, Rakesh ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Adenotonsillar hypertrophy; Pulse oximetry; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLAR HYPERTROPHY; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TONSIL DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOIDS; ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIROMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0037294061     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(02)00351-8     Document Type: Article

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