Acute inhalation of hypertonic saline does not improve mucociliary clearance in all children with cystic fibrosis

BACKGROUND: Little is known of how mucociliary clearance (MCC) in children with cystic fibrosis (CF) and normal pulmonary function compares with healthy adults, or how an acute inhalation of 7% hypertonic saline (HS) aerosol affects MCC in these same children. METHODS: We compared MCC in 12 children...

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Autores principales: Laube, Beth L, Sharpless, Gail, Carson, Kathryn A, Kelly, Amber, Mogayzel, Peter J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3180295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21896198
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-11-45

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