Practicability of nitrogen multiple-breath washout measurements in a pediatric cystic fibrosis outpatient setting

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 739-746

  Singer, Florian ^a   Kieninger, Elisabeth ^a   Abbas, Chiara ^a   Yammine, Sophie ^a   Fuchs, Oliver ^a,b   Proietti, Elena ^a,b   Regamey, Nicolas ^a   Casaulta, Carmen ^a   Frey, Urs ^b   Latzin, Philipp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

children; cystic fibrosis; efficiency; reproducibility; respiratory function test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; NITROGEN MULTIPLE BREATH WASHOUT MEASUREMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIROMETRY;

CHILDREN; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EFFICIENCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TEST;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW RATES; HUMANS; MALE; NITROGEN; OUTPATIENTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84881381613     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.22651     Document Type: Article

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