Quantitative assessment of tracheal collapsibility in infants with tracheomalacia

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 780-785

  Okazaki, Junko ^b   Isono, Shiroh ^a   Hasegawa, Hisaya ^b   Sakai, Miho ^b   Nagase, Yuzo ^b   Nishino, Takashi ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Closing pressure; Endoscopy; Paralysis; Tube law

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLLAPSE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFANT; LETHALITY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRACHEA PRESSURE; TRACHEOMALACIA;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPLIANCE; COUGH; CRYING; CYANOSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDAZOLAM; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; PANCURONIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TRACHEAL DISEASES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 4644232388     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200312-1691OC     Document Type: Article

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