What are the best pulmonary function test parameters for early detection of post-lung transplant bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome in children?

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 200-203

  Sritippayawan, Suchada ^a   Keens, Thomas G ^a   Horn, Monica V ^a   Starnes, Vaughn A ^a   Woo, Marlyn S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome; Lung transplant; Pulmonary function test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; PARAMETER; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; RELIABILITY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CHILD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW RATES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNDROME;

EID: 0037642207     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3046.2003.00069.x     Document Type: Article

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