Multiple-breath inert gas washout and spirometry versus structural lung disease in cystic fibrosis

Background: A sensitive and valid non-invasive marker of early cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease is sought. The lung clearance index (LCI) from multiple-breath washout (MBW) is known to detect abnormal lung function more readily than spirometry in children and teenagers with CF, but its relationship...

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Published in:	Thorax Vol. 63; no. 2; pp. 129 - 134
Main Authors:	Gustafsson, P M, De Jong, P A, Tiddens, H A W M, Lindblad, A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society 01.02.2008 BMJ BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects:	abnormalities Adolescent Adult Age groups Biological and medical sciences Breath Tests Breath Tests - methods Bronchiectasis Bronchiectasis - complications Bronchiectasis - diagnosis Bronchiectasis - physiopathology Cardiology. Vascular system Child Child, Preschool complications Cross-Sectional Studies Cystic Fibrosis Cystic Fibrosis - complications Cystic Fibrosis - diagnostic imaging Cystic Fibrosis - physiopathology diagnosis Errors of metabolism Female Forced Expiratory Volume Forced Expiratory Volume - physiology Humans Investigative techniques of respiratory function Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects) Lung Lung - abnormalities Lung - diagnostic imaging Lung - pathology Lung diseases Male Medical imaging Medical sciences Metabolic diseases methods Microbiology in the Medical Area Mikrobiologi inom det medicinska området Miscellaneous hereditary metabolic disorders Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified pathology physiology physiopathology Pneumology Preschool Radiation radiography Respiratory Function Tests Respiratory Function Tests - methods Retrospective Studies Sensitivity and Specificity Spirometry Spirometry - methods Tomography Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods Ultrasonography X-Ray Computed Övrig annan samhällsvetenskap Expired air Lung disease Spirometry Multiple Respiratory disease Exploration Metabolic diseases Cystic fibrosis Genetic disease Pulmonary fibrosis Lung function Digestive diseases Anesthesia Circulatory system Cardiology Respiration Comparative study Pancreatic disease
ISSN:	0040-6376, 1468-3296, 1468-3296
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