Speakers: Dr. Enrico Lombardi (Italy) and Dr. Diane Gray (South Africa); Chairs Prof Refiloe Masekela (South Africa), Dr. Anna Lavizzari (Italy) and Dr. Emanuela Zannin (Italy).
The PATS and ERS paediatric webinar series continues, with a Respiratory oscillometry in paediatric applications webinar on 09 April 2024.
Respiratory oscillometry is an attractive option to assess lung function in paediatric applications because it requires minimal patient cooperation and can be used in young children aged from 3 years, allowing to follow lung function across the life course. However, the application of respiratory oscillometry in clinical practice has been limited in the part by the lack of technical standards and lack of reference data for some patient groups. Technical standards that allow standardisation, comparison and replication of oscillometry results have been recently developed by an ERS Task-Force and published on the ERJ.
Several works are currently being published allowing for the availability of reference values suitable for measurements performed with different equipment, in different age groups and in children of different ethnicities.
The audience will gain updated knowledge on:
In this webinar 2 speakers from ERS and PATS will discuss Respiratory oscillometry in paediatric applications. The webinar will be interactive by including voting questions in the presentations and by promoting an active Q & A session.
Participants will understand the working principles of respiratory oscillometry, the technical standards to produce standardised and reproducible results, the most common clinical application of respiratory oscillomerty, clinical significance of respiratory oscillometry in pediatric patients with a focus on African children.
An application will be made for CPD accreditation of the webinar.
The Pan African Thoracic Society is a major professional organization representing Lung Health in Africa.
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