Publications by authors named "Catherine Olden"
Article Synopsis
- Handheld spirometry allows for at-home monitoring of lung function, which became particularly important during the COVID-19 pandemic, but its accuracy compared to clinic-based spirometry in children remains uncertain.
- A study analyzed paired forced expiratory volume (FEV) readings from 67 participants aged 6 years and older, revealing that home spirometry often produced lower results and had moderate variability during periods of clinical stability.
- The findings suggest that home spirometry cannot replace clinic spirometry in children, especially as new handheld devices may underread results, indicating the need for dual measurements in clinical settings to improve the accuracy of home data trends.
Objective: We examined relationships between clinical features and pulmonary function before and after inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) treatment in wheezy preschool children, and specifically, whether measuring bronchodilator response (BDR) could predict benefit from ICS.
Design: Clinical non-randomised intervention study SETTING: Secondary care.
Patients: Preschool children (2 years to <6 years) with recurrent wheeze.
Objective: There is a lack of objective measures to assess children with acute wheezing episodes. Increased respiratory rate (RR) and pulsus paradoxus (PP) are recognised markers, but poorly recorded in practice. We examined whether they can be reliably assessed from a pulse oximeter plethysmogram ('pleth') trace and predict clinical outcome.
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