Evaluation of the effectiveness of airway fluoroscopy in diagnosing patients with laryngomalacia

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1430-1434

  Huntley, Colin ^a   Carr, Michele M ^b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Airway fluoroscopy; Laryngomalacia; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNGOMALACIA; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRIDOR; SUBGLOTTIC STENOSIS; TRACHEOMALACIA;

FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LARYNGOMALACIA; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954410212     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20909     Document Type: Article

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