| A Study on Spirometry Pattern of Normal Children |
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Hyoung-Shin Lee, Young-Hun Chung |
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Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Taejeon, Korea |
| 정상 아동의 폐기능 검사치의 양상 |
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이형신, 정용헌 |
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충남대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실 |
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| Abstract |
Purpose
: Pulmonary function test is one of the most important tools in the management of
patients with respiratory tract diseases and allergic diseases. In recent years pulmonary function
tests have had a wide application in clinical pulmonary diseases. But, there were a few trials of
pulmonary function test in normal children. So We performed spirometry-based pulmonary function
tests of normal children.
Methods
: We performed pulmonary function tests on 195 children without pulmonary symptomes
of 6 grade primary school in Taejion, Korea. We measured mean and standard deviation of each
pulmonary function value and evaluated about relationship between pulmonary function values and
height, weight, age, and sex. And we also evaluated distribution of pulmonary function values.
Results
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1) The values of pulmonary function test items were generally higher in boys than those of girls.
2) Pulmonary function values incresed with height, weight and age.
3) Mean %FEV1 and %FVC were 90.5% and 82.7%, respectively.
Conclusions
: Pulmonary function values of normal children were distributed with wide range and
each pulmonary function value(%FEV1, %FVC, FEV1/FVC) showed different distribution pattern. |
| Key Words:
Spirometric value, Childhood |
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