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Lung function measurements in children - copsac

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Contents<br />

Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................................... 4<br />

Abbreviations .................................................................................................................................... 5<br />

Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 6<br />

<strong>Lung</strong> <strong>function</strong> techniques <strong>in</strong> <strong>children</strong>........................................................................................... 6<br />

I. Accuracy of Wholebody Plethysmography <strong>in</strong> preschool <strong>children</strong> ........................................... 10<br />

Background ...................................................................................................................................... 10<br />

Quality control of wholebody plethysmography ....................................................................... 10<br />

Aims (study I) .................................................................................................................................. 11<br />

Material ............................................................................................................................................ 11<br />

Study I .......................................................................................................................................... 11<br />

Methods ........................................................................................................................................... 12<br />

Designs......................................................................................................................................... 12<br />

Wholebody Plethysmography ..................................................................................................... 12<br />

Statistical analyses ...................................................................................................................... 15<br />

Ethics............................................................................................................................................ 16<br />

Results .............................................................................................................................................. 16<br />

Center agreement (study I) ......................................................................................................... 16<br />

Normative data (study I) ............................................................................................................. 18<br />

Discussion ........................................................................................................................................ 21<br />

II. -III.<strong>Lung</strong> <strong>function</strong> <strong>measurements</strong> before and after RSV Bronchiolitis ................................... 26<br />

Background ...................................................................................................................................... 26<br />

Respiratory syncytial virus <strong>in</strong>fection <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>fancy ........................................................................ 26<br />

Asthma <strong>in</strong> childhood ................................................................................................................... 27<br />

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