Abstract OBJECTIVE: To compare the conventional pulmonary function test results of children with asthma or cough variant asthma (CVA). METHODS: A total of 140 children, who were diagnosed with asthma or CVA from May 2010 to May 2011, were divided into acute asthma attack (n=50), asthma remission (n=50) and CVA groups (n=40); 30 healthy children were included as a control group. The forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), peak expiratory flow (PEF), forced expiratory flow after 25% of vital capacity has been expelled (FEF25), forced expiratory flow after 50% of vital capacity has been expelled (FEF50), forced expiratory flow after 75% of vital capacity has been expelled (FEF75) and maximal midexpiratory flow (MMEF75/25) were measured. RESULTS: The mean percent predicted values of all the above indices were lower than 80% in the acute asthma attack group, with FEF50, FEF75 and MMEF75/25 declining markedly; the mean percent predicted values of FEF75 and MMEF75/25 were lower than 80% in the CVA group. All the pulmonary function indices in the acute asthma attack group were lower than those in the control group. The mean percent predicted values of FVC, FEV1, FEF25 and MMEF75/25 in the asthma remission and CVA groups were lower than in the control group. All the pulmonary function indices in the acute asthma attack group were lower than in the asthma remission and CVA groups, but there were no significant differences between the asthma remission and CVA groups. CONCLUSIONS: There is small and large airway dysfunction, particularly small airway dysfunction, in children with acute asthma attack. Children with CVA present mainly with mild small airway dysfunction, as do those with asthma in remission.
YUAN Jie,AN Shu-Hua,GAO Wen-Jie et al. Comparative analysis of conventional pulmonary function test results in children with asthma or cough variant asthma[J]. CJCP, 2013, 15(3): 171-174.
YUAN Jie,AN Shu-Hua,GAO Wen-Jie et al. Comparative analysis of conventional pulmonary function test results in children with asthma or cough variant asthma[J]. CJCP, 2013, 15(3): 171-174.
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