Evaluation of the upper airway

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-16

  Eber, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Children; Endoscopy; Imaging; Infants; Pulmonary function testing; Upper airway obstruction

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 1342308366     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2003.09.006     Document Type: Review

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