Validation of multiple-breath washout equipment for infants and young children.

Schmidt, Anne; Yammine, Sophie; Proietti, Elena; Frey, Urs Peter; Latzin, Philipp; Riedel, Thomas; Singer, Florian (2014). Validation of multiple-breath washout equipment for infants and young children. Pediatric pulmonology, 50(6), pp. 607-614. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1002/ppul.23010

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INTRODUCTION

The new ATS/ERS consensus report recommends in vitro validation of multiple-breath inert gas washout (MBW) equipment based on a lung model with simulated physiologic conditions. We aimed to assess accuracy of two MBW setups for infants and young children using this model, and to compare functional residual capacity (FRC) from helium MBW (FRCMBW ) with FRC from plethysmography (FRCpleth ) in vivo.

METHODS

The MBW setups were based on ultrasonic flow meter technology. Sulfur hexafluoride and helium were used as tracer gases. We measured FRC in vitro for specific model settings with and without carbon dioxide and calculated differences of measured to generated FRC. For in vivo evaluation, difference between FRCMBW and FRCpleth was calculated in 20 healthy children, median age 6.1 years. Coefficient of variation (CV) was calculated per FRC.

RESULTS

In the infant model (51 runs, FRC 80-300 ml), mean (SD) relative difference between generated and measured FRCs was 0.7 (4.7) %, median CV was 4.4% for measured FRCs. In the young child model, one setting (8 runs, FRC 400 ml) showed a relative difference of up to 13%. For the remaining FRCs (42 runs, FRC 600-1,400 ml), mean (SD) relative difference was -2.0 (3.4) %; median CV was 1.4% for measured FRCs. In vivo FRCpleth exceeded FRCMBW values by 37% on average.

CONCLUSIONS

Both setups measure lung volumes in the intended age group reliably and reproducibly. Characteristics of different techniques should be considered when measuring lung volumes in vivo. Pediatr Pulmonol. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Paediatric Medicine
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Lung Disorders (DMLL) > Clinic of Pneumology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > Unit Childrens Hospital > Forschungsgruppe Pneumologie (Pädiatrie)

Graduate School:

Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences (GCB)

UniBE Contributor:

Yammine, Sophie, Proietti, Elena, Frey, Urs Peter, Latzin, Philipp, Riedel, Thomas, Singer, Florian

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

8755-6863

Publisher:

Wiley-Blackwell

Language:

English

Submitter:

Anette van Dorland

Date Deposited:

27 Jan 2015 16:43

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:39

Publisher DOI:

10.1002/ppul.23010

PubMed ID:

24574166

Uncontrolled Keywords:

in vitro, in vivo, respiratory function tests, validation studies

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.62192

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/62192

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