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| Title |
Lung function in African infants
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| Published in |
Respirology, July 2015
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| DOI | 10.1111/resp.12579 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Diane Gray, Lauren Willemse, Ane Visagie, Emilee Smith, Dorottya Czövek, Peter D Sly, Zoltán Hantos, Graham L Hall, Heather J Zar |
| Abstract |
Population-appropriate lung function reference data are essential to accurately identify respiratory disease and measure response to interventions. There are currently no reference data in African infants. The aim was to describe normal lung function in healthy African infants. Lung function was performed on healthy South African infants enrolled in a birth cohort study, the Drakenstein child health study. Infants were excluded if they were born preterm or had a history of neonatal respiratory distress or prior respiratory tract infection. Measurements, made during natural sleep, included the forced oscillation technique, tidal breathing, exhaled nitric oxide and multiple breath washout measures. Three hundred sixty-three infants were tested. Acceptable and repeatable measurements were obtained in 356 (98%) and 352 (97%) infants for tidal breathing analysis and exhaled nitric oxide outcomes, 345 (95%) infants for multiple breath washout and 293 of the 333 (88%) infants for the forced oscillation technique. Age, sex and weight-for-age z score were significantly associated with lung function measures. This study provides reference data for unsedated infant lung function in African infants and highlights the importance of using population-specific data. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 62 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 16% |
| Researcher | 8 | 13% |
| Other | 6 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 6% |
| Professor | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 13 | 21% |
| Unknown | 17 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 31% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 6% |
| Psychology | 3 | 5% |
| Unspecified | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 6 | 10% |
| Unknown | 23 | 37% |
Attention Score in Context
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