The Evaluation of the Upper and Lower Airways in Infants and Children: Principles and Pearls from Four Decades in the Trenches

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Fig. 1.1 Flexible and rigid instruments approach the larynx from very different perspectives. A rigid instrument necessarily elevates the hyoid and tongue base, lifting and distorting the larynx, while at…

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Infant and Preschool Pulmonary Function Tests

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Fig. 8.1 Infant whole body plethysmography for assessment of functional residual capacity. Photo courtesy of Janet Stocks. (NB: Parental permission has been obtained to reproduce all photographs in this chapter….

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Newer Pulmonary Function Tests

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Fig. 9.1 Forced oscillation measurement in a 5-year-old child. Children should be seated upright with their head in the midline and neutral position. The child breathes through a mouthpiece incorporating…

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Understanding Interventional Bronchoscopy

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Fig. 3.1 A 21-year-old with HIV infection. (a) Chest CT scan with diffuse nodular disease suggestive of miliary tuberculosis. (b) Transbronchial biopsy specimen revealing caseating granuloma. (c) Ziehl–Neelsen stain revealing…

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