Lung function measurements in children - copsac

Neonatal Lung Function and Bronchial Responsiveness Prior to Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis
Authors: Porntiva Poorisrisak, MD, 1+2 and Hans Bisgaard, DMSci 1
Affiliations:
1 University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen Prospective Study on Asthma in Childhood (COPSAC)
A Lundbeck Foundation Centre for Translational Clinical Research
Gentofte Hospital
DK-2820 Copenhagen, Denmark
2 Department of Pediatrics
Naestved Hospital
DK-4700 Naestved, Denmark
Abbreviations: CI = Confidence Interval; COPSAC = COPenhagen Studies on Asthma in Childhood;
ELISA = Enzyme-Linked IimmunoSorbent Assay; FEV 0.5 = Forced Expiratory Volume at 0.5
seconds; PD 15 = Provocative Dose of methacholine producing a 15 percent fall in PtcO 2 ; OR = odds
ratio; PtcO 2 = Transcutaneuous Oxygen Pressure; RSV = Respiratory Syncytial Virus; RVRTC =
Raised Volume Rapid Thoraco-abdominal Compression; SD = Standard Deviation
Keywords: infants; lung function measurements; respiratory syncytial virus; bronchiolitis
None of the authors have conflicts of interest to disclose.
Corresponding author: Hans Bisgaard, Copenhagen Prospective study on Asthma in Children,
Danish Pediatric Asthma Center, Copenhagen University Hospital, Gentofte, Ledreborg Alle 34,
DK-2820 Gentofte, Denmark. Telephone: +45 39 77 73 60. Fax: +45 39 77 71 29. E-mail: Bisgaard@copsac.
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