Paediatric reproducibility limits for the forced expiratory volume in 1 s

• Published in: Thorax Vol. 75; no. 10; pp. 891 - 896
• Main Authors: Stanojevic, Sanja, Filipow, Nicole, Ratjen, Felix
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society 01.10.2020; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Adolescent; Age; Age Factors; Antibiotics; Child; Child, Preschool; Cystic fibrosis; Cystic Fibrosis - diagnosis; Cystic Fibrosis - physiopathology; Female; Forced Expiratory Volume - physiology; Humans; Male; Pediatrics; Reproducibility; Reproducibility of Results; Respiratory physiology; Retrospective Studies; Spirometry; Vital Capacity; cystic fibrosis; reproducibility; spirometry

BackgroundCurrent reproducibility standards for spirometry were derived using a small adult dataset and may not be optimal for interpretation of repeated measurements of lung function in children.ObjectiveTo define reproducibility limits for forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) change that represe...