Lung function testing in infants
โ Scribed by Janet Stocks
- Book ID
- 102657492
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 882 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 8755-6863
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We performed pulmonary function testing in 20 infants (11 male and 9 female; ages 3-30 months) with sickle cell disease to assess whether abnormal lung function develops early in life. Respiratory system compliance (C rs ) and resistance (R rs ) were measured by the passive occlusion technique, func
Eighty-four otherwise healthy infants with daily wheezing underwent infant pulmonary function tests (IPFTs) and 24-h esophageal pH probe studies. Fifty-four (64%) infants had positive pH probe studies, and 30 infants had negative pH probe studies. Many infants in both groups had evidence of periphe