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Pulmonary Complications of Chest Wall Disorders

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The chest wall and spine are integrated together and are interdependent and critical in maintaining an upright posture, and facilitating optimal pulmonary mechanics and function. The integrity of the thoracospinal unit can be impacted substantially by dysfunction in either the chest wall or spine. Understanding how they are related is important and can help determine the proper way to treat the dysfunction.

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  1. Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Pulmonary Function Testing Laboratory, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Oscar Henry Mayer M.D.

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  1. George Washington University School of Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

    Anastassios C. Koumbourlis

  2. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Mary A. Nevin

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Mayer, O.H. (2018). Pulmonary Complications of Chest Wall Disorders. In: Koumbourlis, A., Nevin, M. (eds) Pulmonary Complications of Non-Pulmonary Pediatric Disorders. Respiratory Medicine. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69620-1_6

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