| Normal Predicted values of Pulmonary function Test in Korean Primary School-Aged Children |
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Dae Hyun Lim, Jeong Hee Kim, Jun Hee Park, Jong Woon Choi, Soon Ki Kim, Byong Kwan Son |
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Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, In Ha University, Seongnam, Korea |
| 국민학교 아동의 폐 기능 검사 추정 정상치 |
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임대현, 김정희, 박준희, 최종운, 김순기, 손병관 |
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인하대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실 |
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| Abstract |
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Pulmonary function test is one of the most important tools in the management of patients with respiratory tract diseases and allergic diseases. As with the difficulties in performing the test, it has been seldom used in pediatric field. But with the advent of simple, computerized tools, pediatric pulmonologist and allergist try to manage the patients using PFE. Still the normal predicted values are variable among the reports. So it is important to have normal predicted value in Korean children. From Aril to July 1992, pulmonary function test was performed in 965(male: 490, female:475) primary school-aged children except <3 or >97 percentile of Korean-children physical developemental standards with history of allergic diseases and respiratory tract diseases at SungNam, KyongKiDo. We evaluated the predicted values by using the microspirometer of Micromedical Ltd. England that could be easily applied to children.
1) Predicted values of pulmonary function test items were generally higher in boys than those of girls.
2) Correlation coefficient to the parameters examined was the highest in height 0.78, then age 0.75, weight 0.70 and chest circumference 0.61. |
| Key Words:
Pulmonary function test, Normal predicted values |
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