Predictive value of infant lung function testing for airway malacia

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 431-436

  Van Der Wiel, Els C ^a   Hofhuis, Ward ^a   Holland, Wim P J ^b   Tiddens, Harm A W M ^a   De Jongste, Johan C ^a   Merkus, Peter J F M ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Infant lung function; Negative predictive value; Sensitivity; Specificity; Tidal flow limitation; Tracheobroncho malacia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOMALACIA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PARAMETER; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIDAL FLOW LIMITATION; TIDAL VOLUME; TRACHEOMALACIA; WHEEZING;

BRONCHIAL DISEASES; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRACHEAL DISEASES;

EID: 27544436229     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20293     Document Type: Article

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