Multiple breath washouts in children can be shortened without compromising quality

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1814-1816

  Ahmad, Fatima ^a   Irving, Samantha ^b,c   Alton, Eric ^d   Davies, Jane C ^c,d   Macleod, Kenneth ^c   Rosenthal, Mark ^c   Saunders, Clare ^d   Bush, Andrew ^b,c   Saglani, Sejal ^b,c   Fleming, Louise ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KARTAGENER SYNDROME; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; KARTAGENER SYNDROME; MALE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 84948947011     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00791-2015     Document Type: Letter

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