Alveolarization continues during childhood and adolescence: new evidence from helium-3 magnetic resonance

…, J Owers-Bradley, CS Beardsmore… - American journal of …, 2012 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: The current hypothesis that human pulmonary alveolarization is complete by 3
years is contradicted by new evidence of alveolarization throughout adolescence in mammals. …

Plethysmographic measurements of lung volume and airway resistance

J Stocks, S Godfrey, C Beardsmore… - European …, 2001 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Functional residual capacity (FRC) is the only static lung volume that can be measured
routinely in infants. It is important for interpreting volume-dependent pulmonary mechanics such …

Early growth characteristics and the risk of reduced lung function and asthma: a meta-analysis of 25,000 children

…, SH Arshad, H Barros, CS Beardsmore… - Journal of allergy and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Children born preterm or with a small size for gestational age are at increased
risk for childhood asthma. Objective We sought to assess the hypothesis that these …

Catch-up Alveolarization in Ex-Preterm Children. Evidence from 3He Magnetic Resonance

M Narayanan, CS Beardsmore… - American journal of …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Histologic data from fatal cases suggest that extreme prematurity results in
persisting alveolar damage. However, there is new evidence that human alveolarization might …

Lung clearance index: assessment and utility in children with asthma

…, W Velásquez, CS Beardsmore… - European …, 2019 - Eur Respiratory Soc
… where V tracer is the volume of tracer gas breathed out during washout, and C tracer(init)
and C tracer(end) are the end-tidal concentrations of tracer gas at the beginning and end of the …

Metabolomics pilot study to identify volatile organic compound markers of childhood asthma in exhaled breath

F Gahleitner, C Guallar-Hoyas, CS Beardsmore… - Bioanalysis, 2013 - Future Science
Background: In-community non-invasive identification of asthma-specific volatile organic
compounds (VOCs) in exhaled breath presents opportunities to characterize phenotypes, and …

Are ethnic differences in lung function explained by chest size?

AL Whittaker, AJ Sutton, CS Beardsmore - Archives of Disease in …, 2005 - fn.bmj.com
… CS Beardsmore3 … Dr C Beardsmore … Asher MI, Douglas C, Stewart AW, et al. Lung
volumes in Polynesian children. Am Rev Respir Dis1987;136:1360–5. …

Lung function and asthma control in school-age children managed in UK primary care: a cohort study

DKH Lo, CS Beardsmore, D Roland, M Richardson… - Thorax, 2020 - thorax.bmj.com
Background Spirometry and fraction of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) are commonly used in
specialist centres to monitor children with asthma. The National Institute for Health and Care …

Reference equations for specific airway resistance in children: the Asthma UK initiative

…, S Lum, M Badier, C Beardsmore… - European …, 2010 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Plethysmographic specific airway resistance (sR aw ) is a useful research method for
discriminating lung disease in young children. Its use in clinical management has, however, been …

[HTML][HTML] Breath analysis by two-dimensional gas chromatography with dual flame ionisation and mass spectrometric detection–method optimisation and integration …

…, RC Free, EA Gaillard, C Beardsmore… - … of Chromatography A, 2019 - Elsevier
… and the temperature of the ion source and quadrupole were kept at 230 C and at 150 C, …
from 30 C, held for 5 min, then heated to 80 C at 3 C/min, then at 5 C/min to 250 C and held for …