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Pulmonary Function Tests in Children

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Pulmonary function tests (PFT) are very important and frequently used tests for evaluating respiratory physiology and lung diseases in childhood. Appropriate testing for the child’s age and disease provides information about many aspects of clinical conditions, such as the severity of the lung disease, prognosis, and response to treatment. Therefore, PFTs have become an integral part of pediatric pulmonary diseases routine practice. Tests are not per se diagnostic, but can help determine the type of disease based on the function affected, when regarded in view of the relevant history and physical findings. They can also be used in pediatric patients for risk assessment before anesthesia and surgery.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey

    Gökçen Kartal Öztürk & Esen Demir

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Kartal Öztürk, G., Demir, E., Gidaris, D. (2023). Pulmonary Function Tests in Children. In: Cingi, C., Yorgancıoğlu, A., Bayar Muluk, N., Cruz, A.A. (eds) Airway Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22483-6_114-1

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