The infant lung function model: a mechanical analogue to test infant lung function equipment

The infant lung function model: a mechanical analogue to test infant lung function equipment.

To facilitate international multicentre studies and quality control of infant pulmonary function measurements, the European Respiratory Society-American Thoracic Society (ERS-ATS) working group for infant lung function testing aims to develop specifications for standardized infant lung function equipment and software. However, a standardized test device is also needed to test whether existing i...

Reduced Lung Function and Progression to Prediabetes: A Prospective Study

Objective: Prediabetes is a state that people have blood glucose levels higher than normal but still not in diabetes range. There is a close relationship between impaired lung function and diabetes mellitus (DM). Reduced lung function can be present before the clinical evidence of diabetes or insulin resistance. Materials and Methods: The total number of subjects in this longitudinal study was ...

Assessment of an infant whole-body plethysmograph using an infant lung function model.

In order to facilitate international multicentre studies and improve the quality control of infant pulmonary function measurements, the European Respiratory Society-American Thoracic Society Task Force for infant lung function testing has recently developed specifications for standardized infant lung function equipment and software. A mechanical infant lung model analogue has been developed to ...

Infant lung function testing--moving into the clinic now?

Accessible online at: www.karger.com/journals/res The papers by Wildhaber et al. [1] and Lagerstrand et al. [2] in this issue of Respiration indicate that assessment of airway function may soon become a routine procedure for the evaluation of infants with chest disease and the assessment of response to therapy. Lung function tests for adults were developed to a large extent during the 1950s and...

Lung function and acid-base balance in the newborn infant.