Airway stabilization with silicone stents for treating adult tracheobronchomalacia: A prospective observational study

Chest

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 609-616

  Ernst, Armin ^a   Majid, Adnan ^a   Feller Kopman, David ^a   Guerrero, Jorge ^a   Boiselle, Phillip ^a   Loring, Stephen H ^a   O'Donnell, Carl ^a   DeCamp, Malcolm ^a   Herth, Felix J F ^b   Gangadharan, Sidhu ^a   Ashiku, Simon ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Division of Pulmonary and Interdisciplinary Endoscopy   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway stabilization; Bronchoscopy; COPD; Stent placement; Tracheobronchomalacia

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; SILICONE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; BRONCHOMALACIA; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT INFECTION; SCORING SYSTEM; STENT; TRACHEA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 34548016321     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-2708     Document Type: Article

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