Tracheobronchomalacia in infants and children: Multidetector CT evaluation

Radiology

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-22

  Lee, Edward Y ^a   Boiselle, Phillip M ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM; PROPOFOL;

AORTA SURGERY; ASTHMA; BRONCHOMALACIA; CINE MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY COMBINED WITH COUGHING MANEUVER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PAIRED END INSPIRATORY AND DYNAMIC EXPIRATORY MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PAIRED END INSPIRATORY AND END EXPIRATORY MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PEDIATRIC PHYSIOTHERAPY; PEDIATRICS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; STENT; TRACHEA RECONSTRUCTION; TRACHEOBRONCHOMALACIA; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEOBRONCHOMALACIA;

EID: 67650091956     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2513081280     Document Type: Review

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