Inversion of the reactance curve and X5 approx. are better
parameters for measuring small-airway dysfunction in asthmatic children*
Ramiro González Vera, MD1; Alberto Vidal Grell,
MD1; Alejandra Mendez Yarur, RT1;
Constanza Olivares Meneses, RN1; Jose A.
Castro-Rodriguez, MD, PhD.2
1Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Clínica Las
Condes, Santiago, Chile.
2Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, School of
Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Corresponding author : Alberto Vidal, Telephone: +569-96429701,
email: aevgmd@yahoo.es,Address: Lo
Fontecilla 441, Las Condes, Santiago de Chile, ZIP code: 7591046.
Funding : none
Financial Disclosure : The authors have no financial
relationships relevant to this article to disclose.
Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflict of
interest.
Key words : impulse oscillometry, reactance, asthma, children.
*The data will be partially present as poster in the 13rd annual
congress of the Latin American Thoracic Society (ALAT), Buenos Aires,
December 2020.
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