ArticlePediatric pulmonology2020
Agreement between spirometry and impulse oscillometry for lung function assessment in 6-year-old children born extremely preterm and at term.
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- The Role of Spirometry and MMEF in Pediatric Asthma Monitoring and Prediction of Exacerbations.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Design and implementation of a multicenter protocol to obtain impulse oscillometry data in preterm children.Pediatric investigation · 2024Article
- Oscillometry and spirometry are not interchangeable when assessing the bronchodilator response in children and young adults born preterm.Pediatric pulmonology · 2023Article
- Multiple breath washout and oscillometry after allogenic HSCT: a scoping review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2023Article
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- Pseudorandom Noise Forced Oscillation Technique to Assess Lung Function in Prematurely Born Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Oscillometry: A substitute of spirometry in children with neuromuscular diseases?Pediatric pulmonology · 2022Article
- Agreement between spirometry and impulse oscillometry for lung function assessment in 6-year-old children born extremely preterm and at term.Pediatric pulmonology · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundExtremely preterm birth is a risk factor for reduced lung function later in life, and clinical follow-up from early childhood is recommended. Dynamic spirometry is the most widely used method to assess airway obstruction, but impulse oscillometry (IOS) may be an alternative method that is easier to perform in young children. The feasibility and agreement between spirometry and IOS outcome variables has not been investigated in children born extremely preterm.
aimTo determine the feasibility of and correlation between spirometry and IOS in pre-school children born extremely preterm.
methodsSpirometry and IOS were performed in 6-year-old children born extremely preterm (n = 88) and age-matched term controls (n = 84) in Stockholm, Sweden. Correlations between spirometry and IOS outcome variables were analyzed using Pearson's partial correlation, adjusting for height.
resultsSuccess rate for spirometry (60%) was lower than for IOS (93%) but did not differ significantly between the preterm and term groups (56% and 64% for spirometry, P = .25; and 92% and 94% for IOS, P = .61). Correlations between spirometry and IOS outcomes were at best moderate (Spearman's r = -0.31 to -0.56). Normal IOS identified 69% to 90% of those with normal spirometry. A negative predictive value of 90% was found for R5-R20 versus FEV
conclusionIOS is a more feasible method than spirometry to assess lung function in young children irrespective of gestational age at birth and could be considered an alternative in children who cannot perform spirometry.
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