Tracheobronchomalacia and tracheal hemorrhage in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy receiving long-term ventilation with uncuffed tracheostomies

Chest

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1307-1311

  Baydur, Ahmet ^a,b   Kanel, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GNH 1900 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Mechanical ventilation; Tracheobronchomalacia; Tracheostomies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FISTULA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ABSCESS; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCHOOL CHILD; TRACHEAL HEMORRHAGE; TRACHEOBRONCHOMALACIA; TRACHEOMALACIA; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRACHEOVASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 0037390796     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.4.1307     Document Type: Article

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