All issues > Volume 37(2); 1994

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1994;37(2):240-249. Published online February 15, 1994.

Normal Predicted values of Pulmonary function Test in Korean Primary School-Aged Children

Dae Hyun DH Lim¹, Jeong Hee JH Kim¹, Jun Hee JH Park¹, Jong Woon JW Choi¹, Soon Ki SK Kim¹, Byong Kwan BK Son¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, In Ha University, Seongnam, Korea

Abstract

Pulmonary function test is one of the most important tools in the management of patients with respiratory tract diseases and allergic diseases. As with the difficulties in performing the test, it has been seldom used in pediatric field. But with the advent of simple, computerized tools, pediatric pulmonologist and allergist try to manage the patients using PFE. Still the normal predicted values are variable among the reports. So it is important to have normal predicted value in Korean children. From Aril to July 1992, pulmonary function test was performed in 965(male: 490, female:475) primary school-aged children except <3 or >97 percentile of Korean-children physical developemental standards with history of allergic diseases and respiratory tract diseases at SungNam, KyongKiDo. We evaluated the predicted values by using the microspirometer of Micromedical Ltd. England that could be easily applied to children. 1) Predicted values of pulmonary function test items were generally higher in boys than those of girls. 2) Correlation coefficient to the parameters examined was the highest in height 0.78, then age 0.75, weight 0.70 and chest circumference 0.61.

Keywords :Pulmonary function test, Normal predicted values