Correlation of spirometry and symptom scores in childhood asthma and the usefulness of curvature assessment in expiratory flow-volume curves

Respiratory Care

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1744-1752

  Wildhaber, Johannes H ^a   Sznitman, Josué ^b   Harpes, Paul ^c   Straub, Daniel ^a   Möller, Alexander ^a   Basek, Pavel ^a   Sennhauser, Felix H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Average curvature index; Childhood asthma; Maximum expiratory flow volume curve; Pulmonary function test; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PEDIATRICS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; HOSPITALIZATION; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXIMAL EXPIRATORY FLOW-VOLUME CURVES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIROMETRY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 40649118054     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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