title: Evaluation of pulmonary function in children.
abstract: Pulmonary function tests determine the type of impairment in many pulmonary, neuromuscular, metabolic, and cardiac disorders, and in this way they allow for rational treatment.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors: S T
authors: ST
authors: Giammona
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000502:physiology*; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation; D012119:Respiration; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests / Q000145:classification; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology