Infant lung function: criteria for selecting tidal flow-volume loops.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tidal flow-volume (TFV) loops are commonly recorded in infants during sleep, due to the more regular breathing patterns compared to the awake state. Standardised deselection of loops outside pre-specified ranges are based on periods of regular breathing, while criteria and available software for visual evaluation of TFV loops are lacking. We aimed to determine the reliability of standardised criteria for manual selection of infant TFV loops.

Methods

Using a pre-defined set of criteria, three independent raters manually evaluated TFV loops among 57 randomly selected awake healthy 3-month-old infants with available TFV measurements in the Scandinavian Preventing Atopic Dermatitis and ALLergies in children (PreventADALL) study. The TFV loops were sampled using the Ec

SUBMITTER: Bains KES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9589321 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature