The development and future of pulmonary function testing in children in China
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4408.2019.09.001
- VernacularTitle: 我国儿童肺功能的发展历程及展望
- Author:
Yong FENG
1
;
Hao ZHANG
2
;
Yunxiao SHANG
1
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatric Respiratory, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, China
2. Department of Pediatric Respiratory, Shanghai Children′s Medical Center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200217, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Pulmonary function testing;
Children;
History;
Development
- From:
International Journal of Pediatrics
2019;46(9):617-621
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The research and clinical application of pulmonary function testing in children in China has a history of more than 50 years, which started in the 1960s and developed rapidly during the past two decades.Chinese scholars have explored the normal reference values, standard of bronchodilation test and applications in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of different pulmonary function tests in children, especially infants, and developed a series of guidelines to standardize the operations, reports and applications.In the past decade, the applications have been fully promoted, and quality control have been continuously improved through standardized training.At present, pulmonary function tests have become an important method in the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases in children.