title: Measurements of airway mechanics in spontaneously breathing young children.
abstract: This paper gives an overview of the general principles of airway mechanics and methods to measure lung function in non-sedated, spontaneously breathing young children. Although lower airway obstruction is probably best evaluated using FEV(1), other techniques can be applied when such measurement is impossible, as in young children. These techniques include measurement of resistance using the interrupter or impulse oscillation techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Pulmonology, KH 01.419.0, University Medical Centre Utrecht, PO BOX 85090, 3508 AB Utrecht, The Netherlands. h.arets@wkz.azu.nl
authors.forename: Hubertus G M
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Arets
authors.forename: Cornelis K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: van der Ent
mesh_terms: D000403:Airway Resistance; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009991:Oscillometry / Q000379:methods*; D011379:Prognosis; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange; D012119:Respiration; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics / Q000502:physiology*; D012143:Respiratory Physiological Phenomena; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013147:Spirometry