What more can we learn from body-box measurements compared with spirometry?

H. Matthys (Freiburg, Germany)

Source: Annual Congress 2005 - MP1 - What more can we learn from body-box measurements compared with spirometry?
Session: MP1 - What more can we learn from body-box measurements compared with spirometry?
Session type: Meet the Professor
Number: 1278
Disease area: Airway diseases, Paediatric lung diseases

Slide presentation

Rating: 0
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
H. Matthys (Freiburg, Germany). What more can we learn from body-box measurements compared with spirometry?. Annual Congress 2005 - MP1 - What more can we learn from body-box measurements compared with spirometry?

You must login to share this Presentation/Article on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or by email.

Member's Comments

No comment yet.
You must Login to comment this presentation.


Related content which might interest you:
Spirometry, lung volumes, airway hyperresponsiveness, and FeNO measurements: basic principles
Source: Annual Congress 2009 - PG11 Paediatric lung function testing - an interactive course
Year: 2009

Which respiratory function test for which lung disease
Source: Annual Congress 2005 - Lung function measurements and predicted values from infants to 100-year-old adults
Year: 2005

Reliability, consistency and variability of base-line spirometric and plethysmographic measurements prior to methacholine challenge tests assess airway hyperreactivity (AHR)
Source: International Congress 2016 – The future of lung function is beginning now
Year: 2016


How to interpret reduced forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1)/vital capacity ratio with normal FEV1
Source: Eur Respir J 2009; 33: 1396-1402
Year: 2009



Airway responsiveness: associated features in infants with recurrent respiratory symptoms
Source: Eur Respir J 2007; 30: 1150-1157
Year: 2007



Airway hyperresponsiveness in children
Source: Eur Respir Mon 2012; 56: 158-171
Year: 2012


Why should we perform lung function tests?
Source: Annual Congress 2007 - PG17 - Lung function measurement in the community
Year: 2007



When can exercise testing in children help you? Clinical examples
Source: Annual Congress 2006 - PG17 - Exercise testing in children
Year: 2006



Resistive work of breathing (sWOB) as target parameter evaluating methacholine challenge to assess airway hyperreactivity (AHR) in comparison to other lung function parameters
Source: International Congress 2016 – Functional assessment of the airways
Year: 2016


Methacholine challenge test with impulse oscillometry versus spirometry: which is more sensitive in detecting airway hyper-responsiveness (AHR?)
Source: International Congress 2018 – Clinical and functional monitoring in airway disease
Year: 2018

Indirect airway challenges
Source: Eur Respir J 2003; 21: 1050-1068
Year: 2003



The effects of body weight on airway calibre
Source: Eur Respir J 2005; 25: 896-901
Year: 2005



Peripheral airway involvement in asthma assessed by single-breath SF6 and He washout
Source: Eur Respir J 2003; 21: 1033-1039
Year: 2003



Can the interrupter resistance be used to measure airway hyperresponsiveness during the methacholine challenge test as a substitute for FEV1?
Source: Virtual Congress 2021 – New insights into lung function testing
Year: 2021


Concordance between oscillometric and spirometric lung function measures in bronchodilator response test for the detection of airway obstruction
Source: International Congress 2016 – What's new in paediatric respiratory physiology?
Year: 2016

Pulmonary gas exchange responses to histamine and methacholine challenges in mild asthma
Source: Eur Respir J 2001; 17: 609-614
Year: 2001



The bronchodilator test in patients with chronic airway obstruction: the responsiveness of lung function parameters
Source: International Congress 2018 – Respiratory physiology and measurements
Year: 2018