Comment on Comparison of lung clearance index determined by washout of N2 and SF6 in infants and preschool children with cystic fibrosis

Alex Horsley; Claire Nissenbaum; Lokesh Guglani; Daniel Weiner

doi:10.1016/j.jcf.2018.12.007

Comment on Comparison of lung clearance index determined by washout of N2 and SF6 in infants and preschool children with cystic fibrosis

J Cyst Fibros. 2019 May;18(3):e26-e27. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2018.12.007. Epub 2019 Mar 2.

Authors

Alex Horsley¹, Claire Nissenbaum², Lokesh Guglani³, Daniel Weiner⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infection, Immunity & Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Manchester Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester M23 9LT, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Division of Infection, Immunity & Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
³ Division of Pulmonology, Allergy/Immunology, Cystic Fibrosis and Sleep (PACS), Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine and Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁴ Division of Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

PMID: 30833123
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2018.12.007

No abstract available

Keywords: Cystic fibrosis; Functional residual capacity; Infants; Lung clearance index; Lung function; Multiple breath washout; Nitrogen washout; SF6.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Cystic Fibrosis*
Functional Residual Capacity
Humans
Infant
Respiratory Function Tests

Grants and funding

NIHR-CS-012-013/DH_/Department of Health/United Kingdom