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Assessing Obstructive Airways Disease in Children Which Test is Best?
Author(s) -
PHELAN P. D.,
STEINER N.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1976.tb02339.x
Subject(s) - medicine , expiration , asthma , peak flow meter , cystic fibrosis , obstructive lung disease , spirometry , lung disease , cardiology , pulmonary disease , lung , respiratory system
Phelan, P. D. and Steiner, N. (1976).Aust. paediat. J. , 12, 72–76. Assessing obstructive airways disease in children. Which test is best? Tests for airways obstruction based on a forced expiration were carried out in 60 children with asthma and 15 with cystic fibrosis to determine which test or tests were the best in identifying children with airways disease, to determine the severity of disease and to document response to therapy. Maximum expiratory flow, measured from a maximum expiratory flow volume curve, and maximum mid‐expiratory flow measured from a spirogram, were the most sensitive tests in detecting early disease. Maximum expiratory flow measured from the maximum expiratory flow volume curve, combined with measurement of lung volumes, gave the best overall estimate of severity. Peak expiratory flow rate measured with a Peak Flow Meter, because of its simplicity of measurement, was the most useful test for routine use in the clinic and consulting room to monitor severity and response to therapy.