Reasons for heterogeneous change in LCI in children with cystic fibrosis after antibiotic treatment

Thorax

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 183-

  Yammine, Sophie ^a,b   Bigler, Anja ^a   Casaulta, Carmen ^a   Singer, Florian ^a,c   Latzin, Philipp ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPH; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VENTILATION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

CYSTIC FIBROSIS; LUNG PHYSIOLOGY; PAEDIATRIC LUNG DISAESE; RESPIRATORY MEASUREMENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84892549397     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204283     Document Type: Letter

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