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Review
. 2022 Jan 18;48(1):11.
doi: 10.1186/s13052-022-01199-5.

Covid-19 and spirometry in this age

Angela Klain  1 , Cristiana Indolfi  2 , Giulio Dinardo  2 , Fabio Decimo  2 , Michele Miraglia Del Giudice  2
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Review

Covid-19 and spirometry in this age

Angela Klain et al. Ital J Pediatr. .

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.

Keywords: Children; Covid-19; Pulmonary function test; Safety; Spirometry.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Figures

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Triage questionnaire (adapted to the English language) delivered to the child and caregiver upon arrival at the clinic
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Triage management at the pediatric department of the University of Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’
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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worn by PFT staff
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