Use of nasopharyngoscopy in the evaluation of children with noisy breathing

Chest

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1265-1269

  O'Sullivan, Brian P ^a   Finger, Lenna ^b   Zwerdling, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Laryngomalacia; Pediatrics; Stridor; Upper airway

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BREATHING DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPY; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNGOMALACIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; NASOPHARYNGOSCOPY; NASOPHARYNX; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STRIDOR; THORAX; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 16544363828     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.4.1265     Document Type: Article

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