Tracheobronchomalacia and Excessive Dynamic Airway Collapse

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 527-555

  Murgu, Septimiu ^a   Colt, Henri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airflow dynamics; Airway stents; Choke points; Excessive dynamic airway collapse; Functional bronchoscopy; Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation; Tracheobronchomalacia; Tracheoplasty

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; OXYGEN; STEROID;

AIRFLOW; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ASTHMA; ATELECTASIS; BREATHING EXERCISE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHONDROPATHY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FORCED EXPIRATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL BRONCHOSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HIGH FREQUENCY ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG SURGERY; MAXIMAL EXPIRATORY FLOW; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHONDRITIS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SPIROMETRY; STENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TRACHEA RECONSTRUCTION; TRACHEOBRONCHOMALACIA; TRACHEOSTOMY; VIBRATION RESONANCE IMAGING;

AIRFLOW DYNAMICS; AIRWAY STENTS; CHOKE POINTS; EXCESSIVE DYNAMIC AIRWAY COLLAPSE; FUNCTIONAL BRONCHOSCOPY; NONINVASIVE POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; TRACHEOBRONCHOMALACIA; TRACHEOPLASTY;

BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TRACHEA; TRACHEOBRONCHOMALACIA;

EID: 84883049472     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: 15578216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2013.05.003     Document Type: Review

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