High success rate of lung function testing in healthy, unsedated 1- and 2-year-old South African children

Citation:
Willemse L, Visagie A, Jacobs CD, Zar HJ, Hall GL, Gray DM. High success rate of lung function testing in healthy, unsedated 1- and 2-year-old South African children. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2016;13(11):2099-101

Keywords:
Lung function, children, healthy, respiratory disease

Abstract:
Low lung function in early life is a risk factor for acute and chronic respiratory disease. We aimed to assess the feasibility of lung function measures in a health, unsedated 1- and 2-year-old children in a South African birth cohort study.