Bellon G, So S, Brun JL, Adeleine P, Gilly R. Flow-volume curves in children in health and disease.
BULLETIN EUROPEEN DE PHYSIOPATHOLOGIE RESPIRATOIRE 1982;
18:705-15. [PMID:
6927528]
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Abstract
Pulmonary function studies were done in 136 children (5.5-17 yr old) of whom 39 had allergic type asthma, 26 chronic bronchorrhea, and 13 mucoviscidosis; the remaining 58 subjects were healthy. The children having respiratory problems were studied when they were clinically free from wheezing and pulmonary infection. Measurements of forced expiration were made with a pneumotachograph; the data were stored on a magnetic tape and analysed with a Hewlett-Packard programmed computer. Standards for the different ventilatory parameters were established for the healthy children. A step by step discriminant linear analysis of the data and application of the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test demonstrated that V25, V50 and MMEF measurements were the best discriminating parameters of pulmonary function abnormalities in the respiratory problem children.
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