Flow dependence of specific airway resistance and diagnostic of asthma in children

Autor: François Marchal, Laurianne Coutier, Ayria Sadegh-Eghbali, Thanh Le Tuan, Silvia Varechova, Cyril Schweitzer, Claude Bonabel, Bruno Demoulin, Iulia Ioan
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Pediatric Pulmonology. 50:1107-1112
ISSN: 8755-6863
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.23127
Popis: Summary Panting majors turbulent flow and contribution of larger airways to the measurement of specific airway resistance (sRaw). The hypothesis was tested that the difference between asthmatic and healthy children is enhanced by narrowing the flow interval to compute sRaw. sRaw was measured during panting in 40 asthmatic and 25 healthy children and computed using all data points (full scale flow) and limited to the flow intervals ± 1L/sec and ± 0.5 L/sec. sRaw was not different between asthmatics (0.87 ± 0.20 kPa.s) and controls (0.80 ± 0.25 kPa.s) when computed full scale, while it was significantly larger in asthmatics than controls within ± 1L/sec (0.77 ± 0.16 kPa.s vs 0.65 ± 0.15 kPa.s, P
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