PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - DB Teculescu
AU  - C Aubry
AU  - QT Pham
AU  - J Locuty
AU  - JP Deschamps
AU  - M Manciaux
TI  - Lung function in adolescents after uncomplicated whooping cough in childhood
AID  - 10.1183/09031936.93.02080733
DP  - 1989 Sep 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - 733--735
VI  - 2
IP  - 8
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/2/8/733.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/2/8/733.full
SO  - Eur Respir J1989 Sep 01; 2
AB  - Ventilatory function (forced vital capacity, forced expiratory volume in one second, forced expiratory flows), static lung volumes, phase III slope and closing volume (single-breath nitrogen washout test) were measured in 499 children and adolescents aged 10-16 yrs from a general population sample in North-East France. A history of whooping cough was given by 44 children (22 of each sex); their results were compared to those of the 455 children (215 girls) with a negative history. The only difference between the two groups was a minimal increase in the residual volume/total lung capacity ratio in cases (19.2 +/- 3.1 vs 18.0 +/- 2.9%). We conclude that uncomplicated whooping cough in early childhood did not lead to significant pulmonary function abnormality in this population of children born after 1967.