Covid-19 and spirometry in this age.
Ital J Pediatr
; 48(1): 11, 2022 Jan 18.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1634109
ABSTRACT
In the last year, many countries adopted a plan to contain hospital infections by Sars-Cov-2 also limiting pulmonary function tests (PFTs), exclusively to indispensable cases. All the recommendations of the major scientific societies regarding the use of PFTs, in particular spirometry, in the Covid era were formulated in the initial period of the pandemic. Currently, the new scientific knowledge about Sars-Cov-2 and the vaccination among healthcare workers, shown new insight to start doing PFTs again to help the investigation and monitoring of patients with respiratory pathology. In this article, we sum up the recommendations of major International Respiratory Societies, and we shared our experience about PFTs in a Pediatric Respiratory Disease Unit during the pandemic.
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Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Appointments and Schedules
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Respiratory Function Tests
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Spirometry
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Communicable Disease Control
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
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Respiratory Aerosols and Droplets
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Adult
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Child
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Ital J Pediatr
Journal subject:
Pediatrics
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S13052-022-01199-5
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