Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Review
. 2020 Nov:36:106-108.
doi: 10.1016/j.prrv.2020.10.001. Epub 2020 Oct 11.

Pediatric lung function testing during a pandemic: An international perspective

N Beydon  1 , L Gochicoa  2 , M J Jones  3 , L C Lands  4 , E Lombardi  5 , M Rosenfeld  6 , P D Sly  7 , D J Weiner  8 , O Yilmaz  9
Affiliations
Review

Pediatric lung function testing during a pandemic: An international perspective

N Beydon et al. Paediatr Respir Rev. 2020 Nov.

Abstract

The COVID pandemic has passed its first peak for now in many countries while some are still on the rise, with some facing a second wave of cases. Precautions and infection control measures for both pediatric and adult pulmonary function testing (PFT) have been a topic of debate during the pandemic. Many centers had to close their PFT laboratories during the initial periods of the pandemic and are reopening as the numbers of new cases are decreasing. This review aims to summarize different practices of PFT laboratory management in different countries, including patient appointments, personal protective equipment, testing room requirements and telemedicine during and immediately following the COVID pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; Pandemic; Pediatric pulmonary function testing.

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. WHO Coronavirus Situation Report-166. https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/2....
    1. Lu X., Zhang L., Du H., Zhang J., Li Y.Y., Qu J. SARS-CoV-2 infection in children. N Engl J Med. 2020;382:1663–1665. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2005073. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Du W., Yu J., Wang H., Zhang X., Zhang S., Li Q. Clinical characteristics of COVID-19 in children compared with adults in Shandong Province, China. Infection. 2020;48:445–452. doi: 10.1007/s15010-020-01427-2. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. She J., Liu L., Liu W. COVID‐19 epidemic: Disease characteristics in children. J Med Virol. 2020;92:747–754. doi: 10.1002/jmv.25807. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Yu X., Yang R. COVID‐19 transmission through asymptomatic carriers is a challenge to containment. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2020;14:474–475. doi: 10.1111/irv.12743. - DOI - PMC - PubMed