How to avoid misinterpreting lung function tests in children: A few practical tips

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 170-180

  Stocks, Janet ^a   Kirkby, Jane ^a,b   Lum, Sooky ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Infant; Interpretation; Pulmonary function tests; Reference equations

Indexed keywords

AGE; BODY HEIGHT; CALIBRATION; DATA ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE; ETHNICITY; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MANAGED CARE; NORMAL VALUE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIROMETRY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 84901592394     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: 15260550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2014.02.001     Document Type: Review

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