Lung function testing in infancy.

Lung function during infancy and preschool age

Lung function in paediatrics. Lung function testing in children.

Lung function testing in children is an important part of assessment, diagnosis and monitoring of children with lung disease. Regular testing can also be used to evaluate lung growth, review the effects of treatment and assess the risks and benefits of specific clinical interventions. Such tests can also be useful in the pre-operative assessment of high risk patients undergoing surgical procedu...

Standardised lung function testing.

In 1983 a supplement entitled "Standardised Lung Function Testing" was published by one of our parent journals, the Bulletin Europeen de Physiopathologie Respiratoire [1]. This seminal and widely quoted work reported the recommendations of a Working Party established originally under the auspices of the European Community for Coal and Steel and reflecting the long-standing interest of that body...

Lung function from infancy to school age in cystic fibrosis.

The aim was to investigate pulmonary mechanics in patients with cystic fibrosis during infancy and again in early childhood to see whether infant tests predicted status at school age. Plethysmographic measurements of thoracic gas volume and airways resistance were made in 29 patients at 6 months and again at 5 years 10 months. Maximum flow at functional residual capacity was measured during inf...

Respiratory sequelae and lung function after whooping cough in infancy.

The lung function of 31 children, aged 6-13 years, who had whooping cough as infants and 32 control children matched for age, sex, and residence area were compared in a community based cohort study. Family history of obstructive airway disease, smoking habits in the family, atopy, and other background factors examined were similar in the two groups. The ratios of recalled repeated acute respira...