Sensitivity and responsiveness of the medical research council dyspnoea scale to the presence and treatment of adult laryngotracheal stenosis

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 575-580

  Nouraei, S A R ^a   Nouraei, S M ^b   Randhawa, P S ^c   Butler, C R ^a   Magill, J C ^a   Howard, D J ^a,b   Sandhu, G S ^a,b  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

^c ROYAL NATIONAL THROAT NOSE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNGOTRACHEAL STENOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; STENOSIS; SUBGLOTTIC STENOSIS; TRACHEA RECONSTRUCTION; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DYSPNEA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNGOSTENOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRACHEAL STENOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149185450     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2008.01832.x     Document Type: Article

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