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Pulmonary Function Tests Leading to the Diagnosis of Vascular Malformations in School-Aged Children

by
Beata Kusak
*,
Ewa Cichocka-Jarosz
,
Urszula Jedynak-Wąsowicz
and
Grzegorz Lis
Department of Pediatrics, Chair of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian Univeristy Medical College, Wielicka 265, 30-663 Krakow, Poland
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Adv. Respir. Med. 2017, 85(5), 253-257; https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.a2017.0042
Submission received: 12 May 2017 / Revised: 17 June 2017 / Accepted: 17 June 2017 / Published: 30 October 2017

Abstract

Vascular rings are congenital defects of great vessels. They cause compression of the trachea or/and the esophagus and therefore result in symptoms like inspiratory stridor, cough, wheezing, recurrent respiratory tract infections or dysphagia. In some cases, the correct diagnosis can be delayed for many years, especially when vascular rings produce less severe symptoms or symptoms mimicking other diseases (most of all asthma). In this article, we would like to emphasis the usefulness of pulmonary function test (spirometry) in the initial diagnosis of vascular rings in school-aged children, as well as the importance of spirometry in evaluating patients with asthma presumption.
Keywords: vascular rings; pulmonary function test; spirometry vascular rings; pulmonary function test; spirometry

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Kusak, B.; Cichocka-Jarosz, E.; Jedynak-Wąsowicz, U.; Lis, G. Pulmonary Function Tests Leading to the Diagnosis of Vascular Malformations in School-Aged Children. Adv. Respir. Med. 2017, 85, 253-257. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.a2017.0042

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Kusak B, Cichocka-Jarosz E, Jedynak-Wąsowicz U, Lis G. Pulmonary Function Tests Leading to the Diagnosis of Vascular Malformations in School-Aged Children. Advances in Respiratory Medicine. 2017; 85(5):253-257. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.a2017.0042

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Kusak, Beata, Ewa Cichocka-Jarosz, Urszula Jedynak-Wąsowicz, and Grzegorz Lis. 2017. "Pulmonary Function Tests Leading to the Diagnosis of Vascular Malformations in School-Aged Children" Advances in Respiratory Medicine 85, no. 5: 253-257. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.a2017.0042

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