Asthma control in children: Body plethysmography in addition to spirometry.

Insa KortenAngela ZacharasiewiczNina BittkowskiAlexander HofmannChristiane Lex

Published in: Pediatric pulmonology (2019)

The combination of body plethysmography and spirometry shows best agreement with asthma control in children compared with spirometry or body plethysmography alone. Further studies are needed to find out whether additional measurements of body plethysmography improve the outcome of children in asthma monitoring.

Keyphrases

lung function
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
young adults
cystic fibrosis
air pollution