Management of children and adolescents with a critical airway due to compression by an anterior mediastinal mass

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1990-1997

  Perger, Lena ^a   Lee, Edward Y ^b   Shamberger, Robert C ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Pulmonary Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Hodgkin's disease; Lymphoblastic lymphoma; Mediastinal mass; Respiratory collapse; Tracheal narrowing

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LUNG BIOPSY; LYMPHOBLASTOMA; MEDIASTINUM MASS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOMA, LARGE B-CELL, DIFFUSE; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; PARACENTESIS; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 55849147012     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.02.083     Document Type: Article

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