Symptoms often mimic those of asthma and COPD: Recognizing tracheobronchomalacia

Journal of Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 327-335

  Murgu, Septimiu D ^a   Colt, Henri G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchomalacia; Excessive dynamic airway collapse; Expiratory central airway collapse; Tracheobronchomalacia; Tracheomalacia

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOMALACIA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID MASS; TRACHEA RECONSTRUCTION; TRACHEA RESECTION; TRACHEOBRONCHOMALACIA; TRACHEOBRONCHOMEGALY; TRACHEOMALACIA; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRACHEOTOMY; WHEEZING;

EID: 33750405219     PISSN: 0194259X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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