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- Title
Reference values for respiratory system impedance by using impulse oscillometry in children aged 2–11 years.
- Authors
Dencker, M.; Malmberg, L. P.; Valind, S.; Thorsson, O.; Karlsson, M. K.; Pelkonen, A.; Pohjanpalo, A.; Haahtela, T.; Turpeinen, M.; Wollmer, P.
- Abstract
The forced oscillation technique makes it possible to evaluate the mechanical properties of the respiratory system with a minimum of cooperation. The method is therefore especially useful in children. Impulse oscillometry (IOS) is a commercially available version of this technique. There is, as yet, limited information on reference values for IOS in children. The aim of this study was to extend the reference values for IOS variables and to study their correlation with height, weight and age in healthy children. A sample ( n = 360) of children (age 2·1–11·1 years) was measured by using impulse oscillometry (IOS; Jaeger, Würzburg, Germany). The sample was based on children attending kindergarten in Finland and children attending primary school in Sweden. Measurements of respiratory resistance (Rrs) and reactance (Xrs) at 5, 10, 15 and 20 Hz, total respiratory impedance (Zrs) and the resonance frequency (Fr) were made. All variables were related to body height. Most of them were also weakly related to weight. Reference equations for children (height 90–160 cm) are presented.
- Subjects
REFERENCE values; JUVENILE diseases; RESPIRATORY organs; OSCILLATIONS; OSCILLOMETER; BIOGEOCHEMICAL cycles
- Publication
Clinical Physiology & Functional Imaging, 2006, Vol 26, Issue 4, p247
- ISSN
1475-0961
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1475-097X.2006.00682.x