An official American Thoracic Society workshop report: Optimal lung function tests for monitoring cystic fibrosis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and recurrent wheezing in children less than 6 years of age

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Rosenfeld, Margaret ^a   Allen, Julian ^a   Arets, Bert H G M ^a   Aurora, Paul ^a   Beydon, Nicole ^a   Calogero, Claudia ^a   Castile, Robert G ^a   Davis, Stephanie D ^a   Fuchs, Susanne ^a   Gappa, Monika ^a   Gustaffson, Per M ^a   Hall, Graham L ^a   Jones, Marcus H ^a   Kirkby, Jane C ^a   Kraemer, Richard ^a   Lombardi, Enrico ^a   Lum, Sooky ^a   Mayer, Oscar H ^a   Merkus, Peter ^a   Nielsen, Kim G ^a   Oliver, Cara ^a   Oostveen, Ellie ^a   Ranganathan, Sarath ^a   Ren, Clement L ^a   Robinson, Paul D ^a   Seddon, Paul C ^a   Sly, Peter D ^a   Sockrider, Marianna M ^a   Sonnappa, Samatha ^a   Stocks, Janet ^a   Subbarao, Padmaja ^a   Tepper, Robert S ^a   Vilozni, Daphna ^a   more..

^a NONE

Author keywords

Infant; Preschool; Resistance; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MONTELUKAST; PLACEBO; STEROID;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LUNG DYSPLASIA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OSCILLATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPIROMETRY; TODDLER; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WHEEZING;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880887459     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201301-017ST     Document Type: Conference Paper

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