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    Assessment of pulmonary function in childhood neuromuscular weakness
    Gauld, Leanne Maree ( 2004)
    Children with neuromuscular weakness may have severe or progressive weakness that results in pulmonary restriction. Weakness can also result in spinal deformity that worsens the pulmonary restriction. Corrective spinal surgery carries significant respiratory risk. Accurate respiratory assessment is important for pre-operative risk assessment. Aims: 1) to evaluate the current clinical practice of pulmonary function testing and their role in respiratory assessment in children with neuromuscular weakness undergoing corrective spinal surgery and 2) to develop a precise method of predicting pulmonary function tests in children with neuromuscular weakness.