title: Lung function in adolescents after uncomplicated whooping cough in childhood.
abstract: Ventilatory function (forced vital capacity, forced expiratory volume in one second, forced expiratory flows), static lung volumes, phase III slope and closing volume (single-breath nitrogen washout test) were measured in 499 children and adolescents aged 10-16 yrs from a general population sample in North-East France. A history of whooping cough was given by 44 children (22 of each sex); their results were compared to those of the 455 children (215 girls) with a negative history. The only difference between the two groups was a minimal increase in the residual volume/total lung capacity ratio in cases (19.2 +/- 3.1 vs 18.0 +/- 2.9%). We conclude that uncomplicated whooping cough in early childhood did not lead to significant pulmonary function abnormality in this population of children born after 1967.
authors: INSERM Unité 115, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France.
authors: D B
authors: DB
authors: Teculescu
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Aubry
authors: Q T
authors: QT
authors: Pham
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Locuty
authors: J P
authors: JP
authors: Deschamps
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Manciaux
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005540:Forced Expiratory Flow Rates; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D014797:Vital Capacity; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*