Pulmonary Function Testing in Asthmatic Children. Tests to Assess Outpatients During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Frontiers in Pediatrics

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Mario Barreto¹  Marilisa Montesano¹  Susy Martella¹  Maria Pia Villa¹ 

[1] Pediatric Unit Sant'Andrea Hospital, NESMOS Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, “Sapienza” University

关键词: coronavirus disease (COVID-19);    SARS-Cov-2;    pulmonary function testing (pft);    asthma;    children;    forced oscillation technique (FOT);    interrupter resistance (Rint);    exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO);   

DOI  :  10.3389/fped.2020.571112

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The worldwide Covid-19 outbreak has challenged our rules to manage pediatric patients with chronic respiratory diseases, particularly asthma. The spread of the novel coronavirus causing severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-Cov-2) constrained most countries to adopt drastic infection control strategies for health-care facilities (1, 2). Several Respiratory Societies have developed recommendations to protect patients and health-care staff in pulmonary function laboratories (3–6). These documents advise restriction of pulmonary function tests (PFTs) to those deemed essential, namely, spirometry and diffusion capacity measurements, in line with their clinical relevance and the epidemic phase. When testing is pertinent, infection prevention and control measures in the laboratory are required, including the disinfection of instruments, room cleaning, ventilation, and protective measures for patients and health personnel (3–6).

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