Airway clearance research in CF: The 'perfect storm' of strong preference and effortful participation in long-term, non-blinded studies

Thorax

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 701-702

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BREATHING EXERCISE; CHEST WALL OSCILLATION; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EDITORIAL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG FIBROSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STUDY DESIGN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CYSTIC FIBROSIS; RESPIRATORY INFECTION;

CHEST WALL OSCILLATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION;

EID: 84879918395     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-203054     Document Type: Editorial

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