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Lung function in children and adolescents with antecedents of acute rheumatic fever

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Static lung volumes, CO-lung transfer, airway resistance, maximal expiratory flows and lung elastic properties were studied in 29 children and adolescents 1–10 years after recovery from acute rheumatic fever. There were essentially no changes in lung function even in the subjects with a residual valvular disease. The only abnormality was a tendency for the elastic lung recoil at TLC to be low, which is interpreted as probably reflecting a decrease in inspiratory muscle force.

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Abbreviations

ARF:

acute rheumatic fever

VC:

vital capacity

TGV:

thoracic gas volume

Raw:

airway resistance

P-V:

pressure-volume

TLC:

total lung capacity

MEFV:

maximal expiratory flow-volume

TLCO:

CO-lung transfer

FRC:

functional residual capacity

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  1. The Department of Pediatrics, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

    A. Noseda, J. C. Yernault, P. Viart & D. Baran

  2. Chest Department, University of Brussels, Erasmus Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

    A. Noseda, J. C. Yernault, P. Viart & D. Baran

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Noseda, A., Yernault, J.C., Viart, P. et al. Lung function in children and adolescents with antecedents of acute rheumatic fever. Eur J Pediatr 144, 53–55 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00491926

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