Lung function in children and adolescents with antecedents of acute rheumatic fever.
Static lung volumes, CO-lung transfer, airway resistance, maximal expiratory flows and lung elastic properties were studied in 29 children and adolescents 1-10 years after recovery from acute rheumatic fever. There were essentially no changes in lung function even in the subjects with a residual valvular disease. The only abnormality was a tendency for the elastic lung recoil at TLC to be low, which is interpreted as probably reflecting a decrease in inspiratory muscle force.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000403:Airway Resistance; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements; D008297:Male; D008449:Maximal Expiratory Flow-Volume Curves; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange; D012213:Rheumatic Fever / Q000503:physiopathology*