Review of adult tracheomalacia and its relationship with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-119

  Kandaswamy, Chitra ^a   Balasubramanian, Vijay P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchomalacia; Central airway collapse; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Excessive dynamic airway collapse; Tracheobronchomalacia; Tracheomalacia

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SILICONE;

AIRWAY; AORTA ANEURYSM; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CYST; DYSPNEA; FLUOROSCOPY; GOITER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGING; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RELAXATION TRAINING; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; SPUTUM; STENT; SYMPTOM; TRACHEA RECONSTRUCTION; TRACHEOMALACIA; TRACHEOSTOMY; TUMOR;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING CESSATION; STENTS; TRACHEOMALACIA;

EID: 62349113966     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e328321832d     Document Type: Review

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