Clinical questions being answered by paediatric lung function

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: E. Lombardi (Florence, Italy), V. Macek (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Serial assessment of lung function in cystic fibrosis (CF) during the first years of life using the SF6 multiple breath washout (MBW) technique
S. I. Fuchs, S. Gerlach, M. Gappa (Hannover, Germany)
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Correlation between breath sounds and lung function in children with CF during a pulmonary exacerbation
H. E. Elphick, P. J. Robinson (Melbourne, Australia)
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Nitric oxide metabolites (NOx) in exhaled breath condensate as a non-invasive marker of airway inflammation in infants with cystic fibrosis. Comparisons with bronchoalveolar lavage findings
F. Horak, Jr., M. Alexander, H. L. Graham, F. Peter, B. Siobhain, W. Kaye, P. Hilary, B. Elisabeth, S. M. Stephen (Perth, Australia; Vienna, Austria; Zurich, Switzerland)
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Improvement of lung function after a 6-week placebo controlled budesonide treatment in symptomatic infants with decreased airways conductance
A. S. Pelkonen, K. Malmström, P. L. Malmberg, S. Sarna, M. Turpeinen, M. Kajosaari, T. Haahtela, M. J. Mäkelä (Helsinki, Finland)
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Pulmonary dysfunction after bone marrow transplantation (BMT) for thalassemia major: long-term results
A. Corsico, M. Beccaria, M. C. Zoia, E. Ansaldo, G. Cervio, G. Giorgiani, F. Locatelli, E. Pozzi, I. Cerveri (Pavia, Italy)
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Checking the functional ability of the respiratory epithelium in children with adenoidal hyperplasia
V. T. Aivazis, E. N. Bourli, E. G. Maratou, M. J. Lithoxopoulou, I. Konstantinidis, E. Papadimitriou, G. Kontzoglou (Thessaloniki, Greece)
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Vt30 during submaximal exercise in asthmatic children
W. Tomalak, Z. Doniec, J. Radlinski, W. Myszkal (Rabka, Poland)
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Abnormal lung function and exercise test in children with the fontan circulation
I. L. Matthews, P. M. Fredriksen, P. Bjornstad, E. Thaulow (Oslo, Norway)
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Lung function in children with pectus excavatum: baseline values and effect of surgical repair
A. Martínez-Gimeno, M. D. Delgado-Muñoz, C. Luna-Paredes, E. Herrero-López, G. García-Hernández, M. López-Maestro, F. J. Berchi (Madrid, Spain)
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Airway resistance in 3-6 year-old healthy children: a cohort study
A. V. Shatalin, M. V. Garina, I. V. Sivokozov, N. A. Smirnov (Volgograd, Russia)
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Forced expiratory volumes in healthy children from birth to school age
S. Lum, R. A. Castle, C. Saunders, W. Kozlowska, A. F. Hoo, P. Aurora, J. Stocks (London, United Kingdom)
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Reduced lung function in infants with greater post-natal weight gain may underlie the link between asthma and obesity
J. S. A. Lucas, H. M. Inskip, K. M. Godfrey, C. T. Foreman, J. O. Warner, R. K. Gregson, J. B. Clough (Southampton, United Kingdom)
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Measures of thoracoabdominal coordination during sleep in infants with apparent life threatening event (ALTE)
A. Petrone, M. Pavone, M. G. Paglietti, T. Salerno, V. Fierimonte, A. Villani, C. Renato (Rome, Italy)
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Changes of lung function in infants with congenital heart disease and univentricular circulation
W. Baden, A. Roth, T. Pantalitschka, N. Tzaribachev, G. Hall, M. Kumpf, L. Sieverding, M. Hofbeck (Tuebingen, Germany; Perth, Australia)
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Infants born extremely premature have impaired lung function and fitness in childhood
L. J. Smith, K. O. McKay, P. P. van Asperen, D. A. Fitzgerald (Sydney, Australia)
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Respiratory function of infants with CDH during the first six months of life
C. C. Roehr, A. Jung, G. Schmalisch, R. R. Wauer (Berlin, Germany)
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Respiratory function in preterm infants with BPD over the first year of life
A. Jung, C. C. Roehr, G. Schmalisch, R. R. Wauer (Berlin, Germany)
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Bodipletismography at children with asthma after sanatorium rehabilitation
N. A. Mokina, A. G. Chuchalin (Samara, Moscow, Russia)
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