Clinical Issues for Pediatric Pulmonologists Managing Children With Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome

Thoracic insufficiency Syndrome (TIS) is a recently coined phrase to describe children with spine and chest wall deformities, inherited and acquired, who have respiratory impairment, and are skeletally immature. This population has both restrictive and less often obstructive lung disease due to chan...

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Main Author: Gregory J. Redding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fped.2020.00392/full