Pulmonary Function Testing in Pediatric Pneumonia Patients With Wheezing Younger Than 3 Years of Age

• Main Authors: Jichang Chen MS (Author), Xin Liu MS (Author), Wei Du PhD (Author), Ruma Srivastava MD (Author), Jinjian Fu PhD (Author), Min Zheng PhD (Author), Jin Zhou MS (Author), Eric McGrath MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. Wheezing symptoms are one of the risk factors in young pneumonia patients that often leads to asthma development. Infant pulmonary function test (iPFT) is potentially a useful tool to help identify and manage these high-risk pneumonia patients. Methods. To examine whether patients with w...