Reference values for airway resistance in newborns, infants and preschoolers from a Latin American population

Respirology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 667-673

  Gochicoa, Laura G ^a,b   Thomé Ortiz, Laura P ^c   Furuya, María E Y ^c   Canto, Raquel ^a   Ruiz García, Martha E ^a   Zúñiga Vázquez, Guillermo ^c   Martínez Ramírez, Filiberto ^c   Vargas, Mario H ^c  

^a Center for Evaluation of the Paediatric Asthma Patient   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

ethnicity; lung function; predicted value; pulmonary function test; Rint technique

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; SEVOFLURANE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; KINDERGARTEN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; RINT MEASUREMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEXICO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 84859887423     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2012.02156.x     Document Type: Article

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