Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 10 , Pages 1938-1941, October 2009

Pepsin measured in induced sputum—a test for pulmonary aspiration in children?☆

  • Evelyn Ervine

      Affiliations

    • Respiratory Research Group, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, BT12 6BE Belfast, UK. Tel.: +44 0 2890632004.
    • ,
  • Cyril McMaster

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Biochemistry, Center for Population Studies, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
    • ,
  • William McCallion

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
    • ,
  • Michael D. Shields

      Affiliations

    • Respiratory Research Group, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
    • Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Received 12 November 2008; received in revised form 26 February 2009; accepted 3 March 2009.

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☆ Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children Research Fellowship grant. Northern Ireland Chest Heart Stroke Association provided funding for the initial development of the pepsin assays.

PII: S0022-3468(09)00237-1

doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.03.020

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 10 , Pages 1938-1941, October 2009

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