CT densitovolumetry in children with obliterative bronchiolitis: correlation with clinical scores and pulmonary function test results

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether air trapping (expressed as the percentage of air trapping relative to total lung volume [AT%]) correlates with clinical and functional parameters in children with obliterative bronchiolitis (OB).METHODS: CT scans of 19 children with OB were post-processed for AT% quan...

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Main Authors: Helena Mocelin, Gilberto Bueno, Klaus Irion, Edson Marchiori, Edgar Sarria, Guilherme Watte, Bruno Hochhegger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2013-12-01
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132013000600701&lng=en&tlng=en