Children Should Not Be Treated Like Little Adults in the PFT Lab... includes discussion.
Over the years a great deal of effort has been made to standardize all pulmonary function tests on adults. Many of the "rules" concerning the interpretation of the spirogram have been based entirely on adult observations. In the age of increasing conformity, and attempts to relate "adult" literature...
| Publicado en: | Respiratory Care Vol. 57; no. 1; pp. 61 - 75 |
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| Formato: | review tables/charts Journal Article |
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Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Jan2012
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